{"id":16124,"date":"2026-02-05T20:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/?p=16124"},"modified":"2026-02-06T02:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T06:01:10","slug":"puno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/puno\/","title":{"rendered":"Puno"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16124\" class=\"elementor elementor-16124\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5003222d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5003222d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a4d9442\" data-id=\"2a4d9442\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa81012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fa81012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Puno, Peru<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69d1ebc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69d1ebc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f757b7\" data-id=\"7f757b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e65d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e65d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>15 July 2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c28a0c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c28a0c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-element-1410e487\" data-id=\"1410e487\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69707ac0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69707ac0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lake Titicaca is probably most famous for its amazing name. It&#8217;s the reason I visited, but it turns out it is cool for other reasons as well. It&#8217;s a huge lake covering 3,200 square miles, sitting 12,500 feet above sea level on the border between southern Peru and western Bolivia. There are people who live on floating islands made from the abundant reeds growing in the shallows.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36370a73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36370a73\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c4d2355\" data-id=\"7c4d2355\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3165647a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3165647a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24dcf018 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24dcf018\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">D\u00eda 1<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b1880e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6b1880e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a07297c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a07297c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-def03c8\" data-id=\"def03c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c295b1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c295b1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The previous evening, I boarded the PeruHop bus at 6:00 pm in Nazca. We drove through the night to Arequipa &#8211; a 10-hour bus ride. I really wanted to see Arequipa, but sadly didn&#8217;t have time. Those who were visiting Arequipa got off the bus, and those who were leaving the city boarded. I don&#8217;t remember getting the chance to deboard. We continued the long drive. We had 5 more hours ahead of us.\u00a0<\/p><p>When I was finally wide awake, I noticed that the bus was steadily climbing up hill after hill. The countryside grew greener but stayed rugged. From the bus, I saw a giant herd of white llamas as well as smaller herds of wild guanacos (an animal similar to a llama).\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88c8818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"88c8818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fb10c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fb10c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f497b70\" data-id=\"f497b70\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d6ef99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"0d6ef99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"90%\" height=\"500px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"accelerometer; magnetometer; gyroscope; xr-spatial-tracking\" style=\"display:block; margin:20px auto; border:0 none; max-width:880px;border-radius:8px; box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 4px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 6px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 8px 16px rgba(0,0,0,0.11);\" src=\"https:\/\/panoraven.com\/en\/embed\/ebUMMopO8V\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d6c6f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d6c6f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"708\">On the way to Puno from Arequipa, we made one stop at a lookout called <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/UrmYfbyBLx66qUXn9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirador Alto Lagunillas<\/a>. The higher altitide was noticeable &#8211; 4,444 meters (14,580 feet) above sea level.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b743127 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b743127\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0027-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16130\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0027-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0027-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0027-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0027-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0027-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0027-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e64b545 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e64b545\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"768\">At the rest stop, there were artisans set up with their wares to sell to tourists. There was some cool stuff but it felt overpriced so I didn&#8217;t buy anything there.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fdee15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"1fdee15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16124 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"1fdee15\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"default\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Puno<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c2f782 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"2c2f782\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"90%\" height=\"500px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"accelerometer; magnetometer; gyroscope; xr-spatial-tracking\" style=\"display:block; margin:20px auto; border:0 none; max-width:880px;border-radius:8px; box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 4px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 6px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 8px 16px rgba(0,0,0,0.11);\" src=\"https:\/\/panoraven.com\/en\/embed\/TFWNajyzSh\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-674daa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"674daa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I arrived in Puno at 1:30 pm after a 15-hour drive. I knew the altitude would be punishing, but all I wanted to do was walk around the city.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-252685d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"252685d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Plaza Mayor de Puno<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5192b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a5192b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3299-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16142\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3299-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3299-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3299-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3299-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3299-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3299-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df8a72c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df8a72c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I walked to the city&#8217;s main <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/2JsFccYyLS9sheRz5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plaza<\/a>. On the way there, I walked through <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/xJ1X5YTE8a5eEqbP8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pino Park<\/a>. There was some kind of celebration taking place. Marching bands played music with drums and brass. A few dancers in traditional garb moved in time with the music, their long skirts swaying. I probably should have hung around Pino Park longer,\u00a0 because when I arrived at the Plaza Mayor it was dead.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf4f288 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"cf4f288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-16124 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"cf4f288\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3300\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNDMsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL0lNR18zMzAwLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiY2Y0ZjI4OCJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3300-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3300-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3300-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3300-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3300-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3300-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3300-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3300-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"cf4f288\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3302\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNDQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL0lNR18zMzAyLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiY2Y0ZjI4OCJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3302-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3302-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3302-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3302-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3302-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3302-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3302-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3302-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fffeb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fffeb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/4edBgRojN1hzbPe47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puno Cathedral<\/a> was impressive. Its austere, rugged design matched the surrounding landscape.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebb587f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"ebb587f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-16124 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ebb587f\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3306\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNDYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL0lNR18zMzA2LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZWJiNTg3ZiJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3306-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3306-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3306-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3306-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3306-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3306-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3306-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3306-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"ebb587f\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3308\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNDcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL0lNR18zMzA4LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZWJiNTg3ZiJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3308-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3308-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3308-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3308-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3308-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3308-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3308-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3308-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6382297 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6382297\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf7eb55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cf7eb55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mirador El Condor\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9f57f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"e9f57f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-16124 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"e9f57f0\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3315\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNDgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL0lNR18zMzE1LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZTlmNTdmMCJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3315-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3315-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3315-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3315-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3315-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3315-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3315-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3315-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"e9f57f0\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3317\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNDksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL0lNR18zMzE3LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZTlmNTdmMCJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3317-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3317-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3317-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3317-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3317-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3317-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3317-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3317-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03b468d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03b468d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"2961\" data-end=\"3207\">From Plaza Mayor, I walked 20 or 30 minutes to <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/pxNPGEpnP8fGg2BC9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirador El Condor<\/a>. To get there, you need to climb up 600-700 steps. The hundreds of steps plus the altitude make for a lot of huffing and puffing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-054d5e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"054d5e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3326-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16150\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3326-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3326-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3326-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3326-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3326-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3326-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b24e28d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b24e28d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"3209\" data-end=\"3722\">The view from the top is worth it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8f3f05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"f8f3f05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-16124 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f8f3f05\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3325\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNTQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL0lNR18zMzI1LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZjhmM2YwNSJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3325-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3325-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3325-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3325-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3325-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3325-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3325-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3325-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"f8f3f05\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3323\" 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https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3323-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3323-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dd90d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4dd90d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0043-1024x415.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16173\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0043-1024x415.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0043-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0043-768x311.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0043-1536x622.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0043-2048x829.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0043-18x7.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-966b46e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"966b46e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab5f3fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab5f3fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-758f931\" data-id=\"758f931\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2ed034 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2ed034\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Uros Floating Islands<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e40ac1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"e40ac1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"90%\" height=\"500px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"accelerometer; magnetometer; gyroscope; xr-spatial-tracking\" style=\"display:block; margin:20px auto; border:0 none; max-width:880px;border-radius:8px; box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 4px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 6px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.11),0 8px 16px rgba(0,0,0,0.11);\" src=\"https:\/\/panoraven.com\/en\/embed\/UjE5QKvC3N\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc2352 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2dc2352\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I descended the stairs and made it to the lakeside port in time for a sunset boat tour. I was hot from the climb and decided not to bring a jacket. It was a bad move. We sailed down a long channel, which led to a small natural channel where the Uros people live on their <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/MqNEmy3kRdCPHGXr8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">floating islands<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53766b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"53766b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-16124 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"53766b1\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3338\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNTcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL0lNR18zMzM4LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNTM3NjZiMSJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3338-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3338-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3338-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3338-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3338-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3338-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3338-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3338-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"53766b1\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3357\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNTgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL0lNR18zMzU3LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNTM3NjZiMSJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3357-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3357-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3357-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3357-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3357-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3357-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3357-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3357-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95ca5de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95ca5de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We got off the boat and walked around a tourist island where they showed us what it is like to live on such an island. The people use the reed to make all kinds of things.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-605a249 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"605a249\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0075-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16164\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0075-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0075-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0075-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0075-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0075-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_0075-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ff3e90 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ff3e90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5253327\" data-id=\"5253327\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f062b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"7f062b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-16124 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"7f062b3\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3341\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNTksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL0lNR18zMzQxLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiN2YwNjJiMyJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3341-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3341-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3341-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3341-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3341-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3341-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3341-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3341-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"7f062b3\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3340\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNjAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL0lNR18zMzQwLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiN2YwNjJiMyJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3340-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3340-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3340-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3340-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3340-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3340-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3340-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3340-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"7f062b3\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3343\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNjEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcL0lNR18zMzQzLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiN2YwNjJiMyJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3343-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3343-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3343-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3343-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3343-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3343-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3343-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3343-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ccb5de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ccb5de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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It was all pretty touristy, but it was still very cool. 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