Trueno Y Relámpago! Tiempo Real!*
* Thunder and Lightning! Real Weather!
Almost every afternoon or evening, we get a violent thunderstorm over the Lake Titicaca. When I was on Isla Amantani, every lightning flash felt like it was right overhead. Tonight, I took the opportunity to point my camera out my bedroom window and try my hand for the first time to capture some of Mother Nature’s power:
This one looks like it jumped over the trees, but in actuality it was just a coincidence— the lightning was miles behind them.
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The tienda faces the plaza and there were some young men outside on the steps. Meliza and I moved outside to sit near them. I asked if they could spin. Freddie, sitting next to me smiled broadly and said yes, and he started using the little Turkish spindle while his friend tried out the one that Ben made me.
Islas! Islas!*
I decided to take a little tourist jaunt to the island of Amantani in Lake Titicaca. You can purchase a tour from one of many agencies in Puno, but if you go to the pier in Puno and pay the captain directly for the trip and then pay your host family directly, the families receive more of the proceeds and don’t have to wait for the agency to send the money.
2 thoughts on “Trueno Y Relámpago! Thunder and Lightning”
Wow that looks so amazing! It will be dream come true for me to see that in person! I can't wait!
that is an electrical storm!