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Figure 17: Reed boats on Lake Titicaca

Our guide interpreted for us and said the men were willing to take
us to the other islands on our itinerary. It was just ten dollars per person.
Most of the group started questioning whether such a boat would float, but
I was eager to try it. I was first in line to pay my ten dollars, afraid it
would fill up. But I needn’t have worried. Only about five of us took the
opportunity. Our tour guide told us it was perfectly safe, but our group
leader had his doubts. Just for safe measure, we retrieved our life jackets
from our motorboat and put them on.

Since the men would row us across the lake instead of motoring
like our modern boat, they suggested we get a head start. As the five of us
loaded up, we had to endure the teasing from the others in our group.

“See you at the bottom,” someone yelled.

“Hope you make it back to the mainland sometime before next
week when we leave,” another called out.
It seemed like everyone had to add their two bits of wisdom, though
for some it was quite a bit less in value than two bits. Many of them said
they wouldn’t trust anything that didn’t use modern technology. Ignoring

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