Puno, Peru, ashore of Lake Titicaca

Arrived in Puno, Peru, this evening after an 8 hour train trip from Cuzco, Peru, up and across an Andes Divide at 14,000 feet. An ancient Incan landscape traversed. Pictures will be coming this week, I promise. Any Denverite should be amazed as this great feat of engineering, especially since we have raised issues and engineering questions about building a high speed rail of our own from Denver to Summit County. I´m just saying. The landscape today was mostly of people organically farming, and raising alpaca and sheep. The river and irrigation systems are a mess, environmentally speaking, but alas that is not of huge concern to Peruvian farmers. There were dogs chasing the train, and young Peruvian´s out and about selling their wares. A great day. We have decided to spend some time on the islands throughout Lake Titicaca away from the mainland. That will take at least two or three days and then we will travel by bus to Ariquipa. A map would be helpful here. Good thing I don´t work with maps enough to post one. I will update this blog to be more visually useful, with less jibber-jabber next time. And some writing about Cuzco, which we will visit again soon, will also be included.