Cusco to Puno

Pretty uneventful day today. With a few hours to kill before our flight to Puno, we wandered around town a bit, stopping long enough at the tourist market for Sammy to pick up the present for Penny he has been talking about for days (I can’t post a picture in case Penny is reading this blog).

The flight is a short one, and we seem to have hardly reached cruising altitude before we are headed back down (I’m not sure what the rules are on using electronic devices when you never get below 10,000 feet, maybe you get to use them all the time). The airport is in a town called Juliaca, about 45 minutes from Puno, so by the time we finish the cab ride and check in, we barely have time to grab a quick dinner and find a travel agent to book our next tour. After some prodding, Sam and I convince Mom to a 2 day/1 night home stay on one of the islands in Lake Titicaca. She may have just heard the “H” in home stay and assumed I said Hyatt, but she’s committed now, so hopefully it will work out.