Friday, June 21, 2013

Uros islands

This may sound unbelievable to you as it did to me but these people live on floating islands made of lake reeds!!
Here they are showing us how they build their islands! Starting with a base of peat then tying it together, putting cut reed on top layer crisscrossing it!  It really floats ! We jumped on it and you can feel it move! For the last part they stake it down so it won't float away! And if they have a bad neighbor or they get mad at their neighbor they just pull up stake and move! If their family has a rebellious child they cut his house or section of the island off and send him floating away!


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