Today was an absolute brilliant day on the highest navigable lake in the world. The students had a chance to tour Lake Titicaca which is 12,500 ft above sea level. On our tour today, we visited the Uros Islands where are islands tha have no more than 6 houses on it and are made of reeds. Each month, the men have to continue to fix their island so that it does not sink. We also learned that each island can last for up to 25 years. After spending about an hour on the island, some of us went on a reed boat ride which was really neat on the way to a local elementary school. In the school, we saw the kindergarden class reading a story that we had read in the past with our level 2 students. Some students even had the chance to get dressed in some of the clothes that the Ayamara wore!
Afterwards, we made our way on an hour boat ride to the Taquile Islands where there are about 2,000 people that live. Their work consists of argiculture and fishing. They have a dress that is similar to the Spanish bullfighters and the women have a head covering that was also brought by the Spanish but has the Moorish influence. During our stay, we had a chance to eat fresh trout and the kids had about 20 minutes to swim in the water!!! This has been an amazing trip and it is incredible how we have one more night left in Peru. Tomorrow we will see one more Incan site before heading to the airport back to Lima.
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