Homestay

Our first homestay was  in Sibaya small village at 3800m, in  the Colca Canyon. I was cold and rocky.  Even colder for the man of the house who was further up with his 12 Alpacas.
Clare with homestay mum Julia
From Sibaya we jumped in our minibus for a six hour drive to Puno on Lake Titikaka. This is like a sea in size, 120km long and 80km wide, so, from the "coastal" town of Puno we left on a launch for our 3 hour cruise to our second homestay on the lake.

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