Arrival at Puno
Dec 12
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After one good night, we leave Arequipa by bus, direction Puno. Tha’s strange, in the bus we are the only tourists. As a result, we don’t want to use our computer, even if we would like well advancing a little. Then we find some other occupation, but the road is long: 6 hours of route without crossing a village. But the landscape is all the same attractive, that makes a little bit deserted with little greenery, only some cactus. We arrive at Puno (3800m, approximately 10°C) at about 3:45 pm in the bus station. From there, we have to take a taxi to join our hotel. But even there, we are afraid of taking a false taxi and of be assaulted, as says it so well our guide Lonely Planet. But in the bus station, taxis are all the same, so we don’t have too much choice. Finally he deposits us to our hotel without problems, for 3 soles only (1 Euro).
The youth hostel is very nice, with a flowery inner courtyard. The guy who holds this hostel does not speak English, but we manage be understood, it is the main thing! After having settled down in our room and having taken a good very warm shower, we go out to discover the city. We go of course to the Plaza de Armas as there is in all the cities of Peru (it is the main place). Quickly, we look for a restaurant even if it is 4:30 pm, because we did not eat in lunch, then we are hungry. We find a good restaurant in the pedestrian street (regrettably very touristic). After having satisfied hunger with a good pizza, we make a tour in the cathedral of the place and in the point of tourist information. And then, we quickly return, because we are tired well and the next day we have to get up enough early to leave for the islands of the lake Titicaca.
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