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278. Interesting article about the floating islands of Lake Titicaca, on a high lake in Peru. You'll find it fascinating!

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Have you ever heard of the floating islands of Lake Titicaca, high in the Andes, 12,000 ft. high in Peru?  I have heard some about them, but it is so interesting, it would be fun to study more about them.  This article was in Meridian Magazine today, November 5, 2014. The Floating Islands Of Lake Titicaca By Daris Howard  · November 4, 2014 We toured lots of old ruins while traveling through Peru, but I much preferred the opportunities to actually see how the people lived. So the morning we were to go to the Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca, I was up early, ate breakfast, and then sat down to reread the material about the islands. The book told about the inhabitants’ primitive life style, and how, in the midst of our fast paced world of technology, stepping onto the islands was like stepping into life as it was a few thousand years ago. Lake Titicaca sits high in the Andes Mountains. We stayed in a city named Puno that was on the edge of the lake. The ele