The weather turned rainy, and we didn't shoot much, but there are a few photos posted of the traditional Christmas Eve market on the main plaza. I love the one of the little girls playing volleyball. They are every where in Cusco, carrying their lambs or leading their alpacas, coming up to you with a smile and a curtsey, "One picture"? This was a nicer moment.

The train trip to Puno was on restored or replica Pullman cars. Nice surroundings and, due to the less than Eurostar tracks, a slow journey which allowed for some photos from the observation car. It was comfortable and there were interesting people on the train. It was interesting to go through a town, where the markets were set up on and around the tracks. People moved their products, or not, as we approached and resumed business as passed. We arrived a bit late, but started making plans for the next few days.

Jennifer read about a family (Lonely Planet forum) who lived on the floating reed islands in Lake Titicaca and took in overnight guests. While we had read that the islands are very touristy, we thought maybe we could avoid that by staying overnight. Well, yes and no. As, you'll see from the photos, we mostly photographed the family going about their daily business. However, one of their main daily businesses is hosting tourists. It's mostly real, and the people would still probably live on these artificial islands even if the tourists didn't come. But, they built them and the tourists will come. Judge for yourself.

After a few uninteresting days in La Paz (but more interesting than Lima), we arrived in Sucre, the constitutional capitol (don't ask). The town is a lovely, peaceful UNESCO World Heritage Site. We are working on a video for the hotel where we are staying, walking the town, visited an interesting Sunday market an hour away and are looking into buying a car for the rest of the journey. Obviously, not a vacation.

You can see the photos from the last days of our Peru visit by clicking on the link (or copying and pasting into your browser):

http://www.michaellewisfoto.com/lewis.peru2/

Stay tuned and stay in touch.