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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Hola De Peru

First time we see an internet cafe since our arrival!
We are now in Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Today was the back to civilization day. Puno is a real city and it´s the first time we can have a hot shower in days! Yesterday, there wasnt even a shower or a sink available, but the village of Llachon and the island of Taquile were beautiful!
I´ll update pictures when we get back so tha the posts look more lively :-)

Also, it really is the rainy season here, so lots of rain, but whenever it stops the sun is so strong we have nice sun burnt skin and herpes :-)
The acclimatization to altitude is painful, since we landed at 3800m and stay approximately at the same altitude all the time. We´re drinking a lor lot of Mate de coca and that helps a lot! That makes headaches less powerful and we are now able to walk a bit with our backpacks without getting too exhausted.

Anyway we are heading to Bolivia tomorrow, next report should be from there!

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