Well, at our last post we were off to Lake Titicaca and it was a great site. We travelled down by bus and the country side is very stark and just not that pretty. But the lake is wonderful. We stayed in Puno, a small town on the lakeshore and went on a boat tour to some of the reed islands. We also visited an island that offered home stays and we stayed with a family overnight. Family was a mother and 3 sons. Two of the sons spoke very good English so that was helpful for us to visit. Food was real basic but accomodations were clean and OK. It was quite cold on the island but we had lots of blankets. The people in the village do some farming and some fishing and they take in tourists about once a month. The money they get from the tourists help support the families.

Nov 1 and we are off to Cuzco. We are travelling by bus and we have the front seats on the upper level so we can see everything along the way. It takes about 8 hours to get to Cuzco as we have several stops along the way to see churches, Inca ruins and a great lunch.

Cuzco is a lovely old colonial city with a great square, Plaza de Armas, great shopping and many, many restaurants. We checked out the Inca ruins of Sacsaywaman which is just above the city. We toured the whole site and walked about a thousand miles.  We understand that the best place to have cuy (guinea pig) is in Cuzco but don't have the courage yet. Tomorrow shopping and then we are off to Machu
Picchu.