I had long wished to visit Lake Titicaca, the largest lake, by volume, in South America that lies on the boarder of Peru and Bolivia. The beauty of the lake, the natural setting, the clear water, the ...

PUNO, Peru — In the beginning, there was a lake cradled in the mountains of a high plateau in the Andes. How it got here was simple: The universe cried, and its tears flooded the world. Mankind had ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Peru will be nice when it's finished. This thought rears its ugly head as our minibus trundles through the streets of Puno, a bustling, ...

We had just taken a ride on bumpy roads in nondescript neighborhoods through Puno, Peru, passing markets that most tourists probably don't hanker to see, before we finally turned toward our hotel. It ...

We went because: Due to medical reasons, we canceled our hike of the Incan Trail (but not Machu Picchu), so we spent the few extra days gained in Puno. Don't miss: Lake Titicaca obviously, but Puno ...

Lake Titicaca, nestled high in the Andean mountains between Bolivia and Peru, has been many things to many people. The center of the cosmos, the legendary birthplace of the Inca Empire, and one of the ...

An old legend says that at the dawn of time, Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo, a married couple and children of Inti (the Incan sun god), emerged from the waters of the lake Titicaca to found the city of ...