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The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca

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We toured lots of old ruins while traveling
through Peru, but I much preferred the

opportunities to actually see how the people

lived. So the morning we were to go to the
Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca, I was up

early, ate breakfast, and then sat down to reread
the material about the islands. The book told

about the inhabitants’ primitive life style, and

how, in the midst of our fast paced world of
technology, stepping onto the islands was like

stepping into life as it was a few thousand years

ago.
Lake Titicaca sits high in the Andes

Mountains. We stayed in a city named Puno
that was on the edge of the lake. The elevation

there was more than 12,000 feet, and many of

our group were suffering from altitude sickness
and had to stay at the hotel near oxygen. As the

rest of the group gathered, I put aside my

reading and excitedly prepared to step into this
ancient culture.

We made our way to the dock where the

boats we had chartered were tethered. We were

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