TUESDAY – ON THE ROAD AGAIN

After having a rest day in Cusco yesterday where the only event of interest was the inspection of the Inca Museum, we spent today on the road in a luxury coach and are now at Puno.

 

We had several stops along the way including the Pucara archaeological site above but the highlight of the day was the brief stop we had at the highest point being 4335 metres above sea level. At Puno, we have dropped down to 3827 metres, a little above Cusco which was 3400. Fortunately we have not had any recurrence of altitude sickness.

 

 

We are in a quaint but comfortable motel overlooking Lake Titicaca, apparently the highest navigable lake in the world. Note the two gum trees in the photo. Tomorrow, we will be spending the day on the lake. At this altitude, the weather is quite cool so some of our Antarctic gear might have to come out.

On Wednesday, we head into Bolivia for the last few days of this part of our adventure.