02/16 - from Arequipa to Puno

Our bus left Arequipa at 8am. I think it was about 5 hours to Puno, which is on Lake Titicaca. We wandered around some shops and found a reasonable hotel: Cielo Andina. This was the first place in which we had electric hot water. It was a tiny bathroom, with no ventilation, so it was always damp. There was a breaker above the toilet, which you had to flip on before showering. There were electrical wires coming out of the wall inside the shower. I found an image reminiscent of it online. (Except ours was sketchier, and the walls were a sickly salmon color). Our shower head had the same odd appendage as this one, though, and we never figured out what it was for. We spent the afternoon shopping and relaxing. The next few days were going to be hectic.