We’ve gotten quite high….
Wanted to put in a quick update. I hope everyone’s doing well back home.
I know some of you have been following our trip on my Flickr site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cinediva) — we’re trying to update as quickly as possible but Internet is rare and generally slow so we’re already about 1/2 a week behind.
This morning, we’re in Puno (population 100,000) at 12,421 ft. To give you a sense, that’s higher than Mt. Hood in Oregon and more than twice as high as Denver. The altitude has been a bit difficult to get used to, but I think we’re past the worst of it. Thanks to all the coca tea and bottled or sterilized water, we’ve acclimated quite nicely.
We have been loving the great food and amazingly friendly people. Sami loves the huge numbers of llamas, alpacas, cows, and pigs — even in reasonably large cities like Puno. She calls them by their names in español! Vaca, oveja, llama, alpaca, porcino… We even got her to say “Gracias” a few times. She’s learning.
We leave Puno today for a overnight trip onto Lake Titicaca — highlights will be the floating islands and the overnight stay on Amantani. We’ll be completely Internet free for these days but will try to get more photos up when we get back.
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