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Titicaca 5649<br />
Mother with little girl sitting on a bundle of reeds on a Uros Island on Lake Titicaca.
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Titicaca 5649
Mother with little girl sitting on a bundle of reeds on a Uros Island on Lake Titicaca.

Peru56492010Along the Way PhotoGeorge JensenLake TiticacaUros Islands

  • Titicaca 5370<br />
Old woman spin weaving on the trail from Port Alsuno on Taquile Island on Lake Titicaca
  • Titicaca 5382<br />
Old man with his bag of coco leaves on the Port Alsuno trail on Taquile island on Lake Titicaca
  • Titicaca 5383<br />
Getting ready to take a coco leaf before starting back up the trail on Taquile Island.
  • Titicaca 5427<br />
Old man taking a coco leaf after getting to the village at the top of the trail on Taquile Island.
  • Titicaca 5495<br />
Portor bringing up supplies for the village on Taquile Islnd. They have 787 feet to climb at 13287 elevation. All the supplies for the village is carried up. The men will carry a 100 plus pounds and the Woman will carry 50 plus pounds.
  • Titicaca 5496<br />
All items are carried up to the village from Port Alsuno in Lake Titicaca.
  • Titicaca 5711<br />
Welcoming villagers on a Uros Island on Lake Titicacca.
  • Titicaca 5569<br />
Lady inside her Totora hut on the floating islands on Lake Titicaca
  • Titicaca 5304<br />
Heading to one of the Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca
  • Titicaca 5589<br />
Boat over by the Totora reeds in Lake Titicaca
  • Titicaca 5645<br />
Little Uruos girl with her doll on a floating island on Lake Titicaca.
  • Titicaca 5630<br />
Little girl coming out of her hut on a floating island on Lake Titicaca
  • Titicaca 5662<br />
Mom and kids sitting on a bundle of reeds on a Uros Island on Lake Titicaca.
  • Titicaca 5649<br />
Mother with little girl sitting on a bundle of reeds on a Uros Island on Lake Titicaca.
  • Titicaca 5658<br />
Little girl eating the root of a totora reed. The roots are also known as a water banana. You peel the top part back and can eat it. Not much taste to it, but filling.
  • Titicaca 5646<br />
Demonstrating how the Floating Islands are built. The first item is the Khili, a 1 to 2 meter thick dense totora roots intertwined. Then a wooden stake with a rope anchored to the floor of the lake. Then several layers of Totora reeds.
  • Titicaca 5659<br />
Uros mother and kids sitting on a bundle of Totora reeds on a floating island in Lake Titicaca.
  • Titicaca 5717<br />
Cooking lunch on a Uros Island on Lake Titicaca.
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