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It is easy to slip past Puno on the way to Bolivia, the Uros Islands and the other, more conventional, islands situated in Lake Titicaca. If you do stop there though it is worth spending a little time investigating the story of the SS Yavari.
Built on the Thames in 1861 the steamship was cut into 2,766 pieces. It took six years for the ship to be transported by mule across the mountains to the lake where it was reassembled and put into service two miles above sea level.
After nearly one hundred years service the ship fell into disrepair until rescued and restored by the Yavari Project. When we visited in 2002 the ship was a museum but last we heard the ship was serving as a bed and breakfast.
To learn more visit www.yavari.org.
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