Toll road (Peaje) between Juliaca and Puno |
View of the north end of Lake Titicaca |
Old Lake Titicaca steamships |
Sonesta Posada del Inca on Lake Titicaca, Puno |
Sonesta Posada del Inca hotel |
Marcos, the guide for the next few days |
Sonesta Posada del Inca hotel |
Guinea Pig hiding among the reeds along Lake Titicaca |
To Peruvian highlanders, Guinea Pig (cuy) is a delicacy |
Lake Titicaca from the Sonesta Posada del Inca hotel |
Old steamships, Lake Titicaca |
The Yavari, a steamship built in England in 1862 |
SS Yavari behind the Sonesta Posada del Inca Hotel |
The Yavari, a steamship built in England in 1862 |
It took 6 years to ship the Yevari from England to Lake Titcaca |
On site, the Yevari and a sister ship, the Yapura, were reassembled |
The Yevari was restored and is now a museum |
The city of Puno, pop. 102,000 |
Kiddle peddle boats along Lake Titicaca, Puno |
Kiddie peddle boats, Lake Titicaca |
Lighthouse, Port of Puno |
Tricycle rickshaw, Puno |
Puno |
Puno |
Indian woman, Puno |
The edge of Puno's large weekly market |
Walking around the market, Puno |
Tomatoes, Puno market |
Puno market day |
Puno market day |
Puno market day |
Puno market day |
Puno market day |
Puno market day |
Puno market day |
Puno market day |
Price list, Puno market |
I felt very tall here... |
Peruvian woman at Puno market |
Typical indigenous Peruvian highland woman |
Butcher with a hacksaw, Puno Market |
Small fish from Lake Titicaca, Puno Market |
Woman dozing over her pasta |
Braids with tassles |
Market day, Puno |
Market day, Puno |
Puno Market along Simon Bolivar Avenue |
Strange fruit, Puno market |
Market day, Puno |
Child carried on the back wrapped in a blanket |
Market day, Puno |
Market day, Puno |
Market day, Puno |
Pineapples, Puno market |
Market day, Puno |
Market day, Puno |
Market day, Puno |
We took one of these from the market... |
...but the tricycle rickshaws are not allowed near the Plaza de Armas |
Lake to Plaza, 1350m |
Cathedral, completed in 1757, Plaza de Armas, Puno |
Cathedral, Plaza de Armas, Puno |
Cathedral of Puno |
Detail, Cathedral of Puno |
Puno Cathedral |
Puno Cathedral |
Palacio de Justicia, Plaza de Armas, Puno |
Palacio de Justicia, Plaza de Armas, Puno |
Palacio de Justicia, Plaza de Armas, Puno |
La Casa del Corregidor, Puno |
Garden, Casa del Corregidor, Puno |
Garden, Casa del Corregidor, Puno |
Puno Cathedral from Casa del Corregidor |
Puno Cathedral from Casa del Corregidor |
Puno Cathedral from Casa del Corregidor |
Puno Cathedral from Casa del Corregidor |
Mirador del Condor, Puno |
Mirador del Condor, Puno |
Beverage shop, Puno |
Modas Rita, Puno |
Restaurant Los Portales, Plaza de Armas, Puno |
South side of the Plaza de Armas, Puno |
Peruvian flag, Puno |
Plaza de Armas, Puno |
Francisco Bolognesi, Plaza de Armas, Puno |
Plaza de Armas |
Floral decorations for a public holiday |
Dancing figures on the pavement, Calle Lima, Puno |
Calle Lima, Puno's pedestrian zone |
Lunch at a resturant, Calle Lima, Puno |
Calle Lima, Puno |
Parque Pino, Puno |
Manuel Pino memorial, Puno |
Manuel Pino memorial, Puno |
Marcos negotiating with a taxi, Puno |
Manco Capac, the 1st Inca, Huajsapata Park, Puno |
Manco Capac, the 1st Inca, Huajsapata Park, Puno |
Manco Capac, the 1st Inca, Huajsapata Park, Puno |
Manco Capac, the 1st Inca, Huajsapata Park, Puno |
View south from Huajsapata Park, Puno |
View east from Huajsapata Park to the Plaza de Armas and Lake Titicaca |
Cathedral of Puno |
View east over Puno from Huajsapata Park |
Cathedral of Puno and Plaza de Armas from Huajsapata Park |
Lake Titicaca and the Hotel Libertador, Puno |
View northeast from Huajsapata Park |
Huajsapata Park |
Puno from Huajsapata Park |
Mostly brick buildings in Puno, many of which look unfinished |
We asked a taxi driver how to get up there...Cerros Asogini |
Jiron Huajsapata |
There's some kind of religious festival happening on that small hill by the lake |
Hotel Libertador Lago Titicaca, Puno |
Backtracking along the road to Juliaca to find Cerro Asogini |
Rough dirt road to Cerro Asogini |
Driving up to Cerros Asogini, a high viewpoint above Puno |
Nice view of Puno and Lake Titicaca with snow covered Bolivian peaks in the distance |
Summit of Cerro Asogini |
View of Puno from the top of Cerro Asogini |
Lake Titicaca with Hotel Libertador and the Floating Islands of the Uros people |
Puno with the market building from Cerro Asogini |
Puno stadium from Cerro Asogini |
Plaza de Armas, Puno, from Cerro Asogini |
Anchor on a mountain with a cross on the far side of Puno, surely another good viewpoint |
Puno from Cerro Asogini |
Shrine on the summit of Cerro Asogini |
Shrine on the summit of Cerro Asogini |
Our Suzuki rental with Lake Titicaca |
Marcos on Cerro Asogini with Lake Titcaca, Puno |
Marcos |
Marcos on Cerro Asogini with Lake Titcaca, Puno |
Marcos on Cerro Asogini with Lake Titcaca, Puno |
Marcos on Cerro Asogini with Lake Titcaca, Puno |
Marcos on Cerro Asogini with Lake Titcaca, Puno |
Marcos on Cerro Asogini with Lake Titcaca, Puno |
Port of Puno from Cerro Asogini |
Puno and Lake Titicaca with snow covered Bolivian peaks in the distance |
Locals having a picnic on Cerro Asogini |
Great view of Puno from Cerro Asogini but the road is bad |
View north from Cerro Asogini |
Huajsapata Park, Puno, from Cerro Asogini |
The horrible Cerro Asogini road |
View southwest from the Cerro Asogini road |
Overlooking the main road to Juliaca |
"Puma Park" Puno |
"Puma Park" Puno |
Snake at "Puma Park" |
View of Puno from "Puma Park" |
Hotel Libertador Lago Titicaca |
Horrible roads around "Puma Park" |
Cultural show at Balcones de Puno |
Balcones de Puno |
Dancers, Balcones de Puno |
Balcones de Puno |
Marcos pouring a beer, Puno |
Dancer, Balcones de Puno |
Folkloric music group, Balcones de Puno |
Dinner at Balcones de Puno |
Waiter, Balcones de Puno |
Dancer, Balcones de Puno |
Dancers, Balcones de Puno |
A great little bar in Puno, Kamizaraky Rock Pub |
Me in my new sweater and Marcos, Kamizaraky Rock Pub, Puno |
Kamizaraky Rock Pub, Puno |
Kamizaraky Rock Pub, Puno |
Kamizaraky Rock Pub, Puno |