The Floating Island: Part 3

When we finally arrived on Uros Aruma Uro with Juan we were welcomed by his wife, Elsa (I think). She encouraged us to take a load off in the deck chairs and proceeded to make us a delicious lunch. 

 

It was right under these umbrellas where we chilled out for a bit. The quiet and peaceful nature of the area was phenomenal. 

We mostly chilled out during our time on the island, but the coolest part to me was when Percy, Juan's brother, took us out on his reed boat to teach us about the islands and give us some experiences collecting fish from their nets and cutting reeds. The explanations of history and culture were amazing, especially since English was not Percy's first or second language. 

 

 Christmas Day was rough. 😃

 

Percy's teaching us about the reeds.

 

I got the opportunity to cut some reeds myself.

 

Here I am learning about the medicinal properties of the reeds.

 

Percy called the reeds to "bananas of Lake Titicaca".

I can't get the video to work, but my most exciting moment was when I jumped in and took a quick swim in Lake Titicaca. Let's just say I couldn't even get real words out because it was mas frio!