Puno, Floating Islands and Tequila Island - Lake Titicaca - Peru

Maybe ruined some what by tourists, but the floating islands still illustrate the extreme places people can exist in and the simplicity in which it is possible to survive.  The beautiful outfits always caught my eye and I could not help but snap every different color that flashed passed me.  Families living together on hand-made floating reed island which need constant attention due to extreme weather conditions and the materials used.  Simplicity and beauty are the main words to describe the islands, environments, people and way of living.  

A trip to Tequila Island then followed, similar to the Inca island of Isla dol Sol, small communities exist through farming, fishing and tourists.  Truely unique islands with incredible people.

Copacabana and Isla do Sol - Lake Titicaca - Bolivia

Isla do Sol known for the famous Inca trail that runs along the top of the island, is a beautiful island that sits high up on the Antiplano of Bolivia.  Little life exists, but the locals still insist on living in the extreme conditions that battle the area throughout the year.  An island  with no paved roads and no motor vehicles allowed and where main activities for the locals consist of farming, fishing and entertaining tourists!  

We arrived by boat after a 3 hour trip from Copacabana into a little village flooded by tourists ready to trek the trail.  We had 4 hours to complete the walk to ensure we reached the other-side of the island where we were being collected again.  The walk was incredibly difficult with the high altitude effects on the body, but we all battled on and were able to enjoy the breathe taking views, Inca remains, way of living on the historical and truely unique island.

Exploration to the southern hemisphere..

So it has been a while since my last post and alot has changed.  I decided to pack my bags and come explore the lands of South America.  A dream I have always wished upon but never realised the possible reality of it.  Rather than constantly fighting for something to ´pop-up´in the U.K and my dream to job to come along, I decided to achieve another long held dream of exploring latin america and it´s diverse cultures and landscapes.  I needed to be inspired again, open my eyes to the un-known world and burst the little bubble so many of us become trapped in.  So I slaved away saving every penny possible back home in the countryside and one-day just booked my flight.  That was it, no going back...so many exciting places to travel too, experience...you must see this, you must go there, you must avoid that.  An endless list of possibilities and the un-known but an exciting step to a new chaptor in my life.  A chaptor of change, development, exploration and with absolutely no regrets.

First stop Buenos Aires.  I have been staying with family friends for 5 weeks and time has flown by.  I move onto the far south in a couple of weeks.  Whilst here I have been trying to learn Spanish, working on graphics worj for an Art School, exploring the city by day and night and the general tourist things one must see and do...but trying not to to act or look like a tourist.  Along the way I have already met some amazing people from across the globe and look forward to bumping into a few of them further upon my travels or later in life.  Below is a little collection of what I have seen and experienced so far...many more to follow.  

"No road is long with good company" - Turkish Proverb