My friend is an amazing person, unguarded, bold, and full of random musings. She’s small in stature, but she radiates life, and her presence can more than fill a room. Together with another friend, we traversed the western coast of Peru a few years ago. Near the end of the trip (and the country), we visited Lake Titicaca on the border of Peru and Bolivia. The lake sits 3812m (that's 12,507ft!) above sea level, and is so vast in size, that its turquoise waters appeared more like an ocean than any lake I had ever seen. Peppering the lake are several islands, some of which are artificially constructed of bundled totora reeds that float along the water. For a few soles (about $5), we stayed on one of the more permanent islands, Isla Amantaní.
Our first morning, we were treated to a breakfast consisting of vegetable soup, a totora reed mix, rice, and the best herbal mint tea we had ever sipped. We ate most of it, but in all honesty, it took a few gulps of tea to get the reed concoction down.
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