Day 31

Here I am, bright and early in the morning. I am with the ladies of San Juan de Dios - the hostel that I stayed at for the past 4 weeks. I am rocking The Roots shirt. [[Special shout out to my girl, Melissa DiLeone for this shirt. Happy 21st birthday!!!]]

This morning, I woke up and had my last roll with strawberry jam and cheese at San Juan de Dios. It is strange because I have thought of the hostel as a very home-like location; afterall, I have lived there for the past four weeks of my life.

Our bus departed from San Juan de Dios around 7:30 am this morning. It was a bittersweet departure from San Juan and from Cuzco in general. 

It's weird to think that I won't be going back there.

Moving onwards...we made a few stops on our adventure to the city of Puno.

For starters, we went to the chapel of San Pedro. It was a very nice and astethically pleasing chapel.

Afterwards, we went to a place called Qolqus.

Here I am at Qolqas.

And here I am again at Qolqas.

Anddddd here I am again. Look at those walls!

This location is the only known temple that was used to praise, Wiraconcha, the Incan god. Wiraconcha is said to have been the creator of everything - as per Incan beliefs. 

After our tour of Qolqas, we got back on the bus. Our next destination: lunch.

We ate at a buffet for lunch. You know what that means...we all got to eat until our hearts' and stomachs' desires were fulfilled.

After lunch, we made three more stops.

Here I am at the end of Cuzco and the beginning of Puno.

Above is me at the first of our three final stops. 

After this points, we only made two stops in random pueblos to use the bathroom and buy snacks.

Then...we arrived in Puno. 

The hotel that I'm staying at is very nice.

Once again, I am the queen for the night - yes, I have a queen bed again!

Shortly after we arrived at our hotel, we went to dinner.

Dinner was unique and wonderful. 

As we ate, we enjoyed a show filled with authentic, native Peruvian dances and live music.

It was quite a treat. 

For an app we had an avocado stuffed with Peruvian potato salad.

For dinner we had grilled chicken with Peruvian mashed potatoes and chopped grilled vegetables.

For dessert we had fruit salad and muno tea. 

After dinner, I came back to the hotel, showered and relaxed.

Tomorrow we go to Lake Titicaca. There, I will be staying on a floating island for the night with a family.

I am very excited. 

We have no electricity.

Therefore I will have no way to update my blog.

BUT! I will update it on Monday so you can hear alllll about my awesome adventure on the floating island.

Hasta luego!

SPECIAL SHOUT OUT:

Happy 21st birthday to Jessy Strincoski and Melissa DiLeone. I am bummed that I am missing your birthday celebrations, but when I get back we will undoubtedly celebrate!