Chucuito

Our hotel is located in the town of Chucuito. It is called Taypikala Hotel and overlooks Lake Titticaca. We are at 12,800 feet so the air is very thin and we get breathless climbing to our 3rd floor room. But the view is wondrous.

We walked down to the lake before dinner and watched a woman cutting reeds, fisherman going out to set their nets, and on the way back up Barrie lent a hand to a woman carrying a large heavy bundle of reeds on her back. They use reeds do their roof, feed for animals, mattresses, boats and almost everything.