Three women with the typical long braids and hats wave goodbye to a boat of tourist.
There are almost no more original Uros people left, but still the floating islands they live on are populated by a few thousand people. Originally a refuge, these islands are (wo)man-made of reed.
The islands are just a half hour boat ride away from the city of Puno, on teh western side of lake Titicaca, with 3800m altitude the highest navigable lake in the world…