Puno

We took a tourist bus this morning to the next town. Once onboard we were given a little tray of chocolates and a drink, just like on a plane. We then watched American movies, dubbed in Spanish, with subtiltles. Unfortunately we had to watch the first one for 15 minutesd with the directors comments as the subtltiles until someone worked out the Spanish to ask the driver to change the DVD

When movies finished we played bingo over the tannoy. Now my numbers in Spanish are bad enough, withoutn them being anounced over the PA with extras on the end like the SPanish version of "88 two fat ladies". Obviously one of the only 2 locals on the bus won, probably a crap prize. Got to Puno and was brave not booking a hotel ahead of time. There were touts at the station so we got the cheapest in my Spanglish with another couple and got a taxi there (with the tout lady squeezing herself in the boot to go with us). Puno is quite a nice place, though really a stop off for Lake Titicaca. Booked tickets for the tour out tomorrow and went for dinner. Unfortunately Rach suffered a bit of ALtitude sickness again so we had Pizza (Although tried one of the local specialties, food is good here). Also looks like the rainy season is coming because it absolutely blookdy poured. None of the buildings are very well constructed, in fact I think anyone can be a builder, and all the roofs leaked, including the restaurant. As there is no heating in the place they lit a burner of White Spirit near the table to keep us warm.