Up early for breakfast with the host family and boat ride to the next island - Taquila. Today was much windier than yesterday so the water was very choppy making for an interesting ride in our little tug-boat like boat. We ended up breaking down for a bit and just kind of drifting, was actually kind of relaxing because we relaxed on the top of the boat in the sun and breeze. We couldn't figure out how it was happening, but there was this amazing, huge ring around the sun without any clouds or anything, strange and very pretty. Once the boat was back up and running, we made it to the island and hiked into town (about 45-60 mins). We walked around, peaked through the markets then hiked about another 30 minutes to our lunch spot. There they performed a presentation on how the locals interact. For example, they greet each other with coca leaves instead of kisses, hand shakes, etc. They showed us different plants they use for shampoo/cleaning/etc. They also showed us how to distinguish their marital status. Depending on whether you are single, married, divorced, widowed etc, they have to wear certain types of clothing. For example, the men that are single have a hat that is two different colors and they can wear it different ways to show whether they are single, dating, engaged, etc. Females have different colored skirts and belts. The performance was summed up with a dance. The island in general has three rules: Don't lie, don't steal, don't be lazy. And surprisingly it works fantastically well. After lunch concluded, we took our boat another 2.5 hr back into Puno. That is how huge this lake is.
After we got back we were totally starving so we hit up one of the restaurants in the plaza and I tried Vino Caliente. This wine is hot with cinnamon and orange juice and may or may not have been the best wine I've ever had. I took it down with some pizza and garlic bread... was such a fatty. Got back to the hostel, and obviously passed out with a food coma.
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