Lake Titi-kaka!

Hmm...I haven´t posted in a while but there is too much to say in one post. From Puno, we went on a Lake Titikaka tour early morning with the other herd of tourists. Lake titikaka is basically a lake that is shared by Peru and Bolivia and there are a bunch of islands that the native Peruvians live on. The first islands we visited were so random..the locals BUILD the islands every 10 years or so with some straw-like substance and other randomness. The islands are like 2 metres thick and when you walk on them, it feels like you going to fall through. Not really sure why ppl live there, but interesting to see. Then they took us to another island which was a bit more normal but they have been so affected by the tourists. No one knows English but they know two words: ¨Photo¨ and ¨Tip!¨ They basically want you to pay them for taking a picture of them and the kids will run into your pictures when you´re taking pictures of the scenery. It was cool to see and we met a nice couple from New york. They weren´t typical New yorkers/Americans..they live in Queens and are really cultured and the funny thing is that they share the same general view of America as the rest of the world does. We had dinner with them in Puno as well..CHIFA! In the Peru, that means a Chinese food restaurant which was a nice change from Peruvian food. I barely eat Chinese food in Canada but somehow we managed to eat it here! For those of you who tell me I´m too small, you´ll be happy to know that I´ve GAINed weight on vacation not lost weight - no calorie counting this trip!