Our last day in Peru. We booked a local guide and driver again to show us the ruins of Sillustani on our way to the airport in Juliaca.
Sillustani is an ancient burial ground with 5 different kinds of graves, that date hundreds of years before the arrival of the Incas around 1450. The oldest form is a simple stone grave, completely subterranean. The second version is also a simple stone structure, which is half emerged. The last pre-Inca form was a simple stone tower. The Incas build two different kinds of towers, a round one and a square one. During our drive to Sillustani we visited a local farmer family in their house. I am afraid to say their lives probably have not changed much in hundreds of years. The buildings are very simple, no running water, no electricity, not even the faintest hint of luxurious items.
We drove to the airport in Juliaca and then the waiting began ….At first we had to wait many hours in Juliaca for our flight to Lima. We arrived around 6:30 pm. Checking in form y flight to Sao Paolo was a little tricky. Ralf you should not just buy those travel guides but also read them ….. They demanded a Yellow Fever certificate which I did not have. Thank god I remembered that I carried an International Vaccination pass listing all the shots I had received prior to my trip. This document helped me to navigate around this obstacle and soon I went to look for Shana. She was not that lucky and it took her about 2 hours just to get through the security procedures and the check in.
We had dinner at the airport and just hung out until Shana could board her flight to Miami. I had to kill another two ours and then almost did not make the flight. When I was trying to board they requested the "Yellow Fever" certificate again and of course I had putt he vaccination pass in the checked luggage. So they pulled my backpack off the plane. I started to get really worried when the departure time got closer and closer and no luggage in sight. Finally it arrived with minutes to spare and I had to retrieve the document for them. I simply showed the yellow vaccination pass, they did not even look in it and soon I was on the bus to the plane and barely made it. Lessons learned! Oh well, of course I checked the vaccination pass on the pass ….. and I could not find anything mentioning Yellow Fever on it … now I am not sure if I got a Yellow Fever sot at all.Anyways, I made the flight and after a little over 4 hours arrived in Sao Paolo.
Hotel in Puno / Lake Titicaca:
Hostal Pukara
Jr. Libertad 328
Puno
Email: pukara@terra.com.pe
Tel: 368 448
Puno and Lake Titicaca viewed from the Puma vista point.
A typical local farm house we visited on our way to "Sillustani".
Protection against evil spirits, little pigs as wards above the entry.
One of the Inca grace towers in "Sillustani".
A different view on one of the grave towers.
The fantastic view from the "Sillustani" site to an island nearby.
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