Tag: Lake Titicaca
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Electricity…. (or not)!!!
Electricity!….. Something we simply take for granted. How we suffer when there is a power cut and life comes to a stop! But for many people, this, of course is not the case. As mentioned in my recent post, The Uros of Lake Titicaca, Lucho has lived for many years without electricity. His solar panel…
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The Uros of Lake Titicaca
The Uros people live near to the town of Puno on Lake Titicaca in southern Peru. They live on floating islands made from totora reeds. The Uros were always a people who dedicated themselves to fishing. About five hundred years ago, with the coming of the Quechua and Aymara people, the Urus decided to leave the…