Puno

Arrived in Puno... to be fair a bit of a hole No real views over the supposed amazingly beautiful lake Titicaca.
I arrived early in the morning, after a paranoid bus ride, beacuse i had left my passport i my main luggage, and we were stopping numerous times to unload stuff in various different towns.
Once i arrived in Puno, getting to the hostal etc was pretty easy, with a private bathroom, and allowed me time to go for a wonder round town!
There really isnt much to see in puno, The main square, some bars and restaurants and thats it. There was one church, but that was closed, so not worth going into.
That evening, the bunch of people i am currently travelling with Arrived. we went out to dinner... and boy was that an unwise thing to do.
Ha ha ha! I can only laugh. Firstly, puno is absolutly Freezing! Everywhere is cold. My room in particvular,... the next day when i woke up the apple i had eaten before bed hadn't browned and the banana was as solid as a rock.
We dressed up in loads of thick layers for going out. We found a restaurant and went in. Of course.. it was cold. We nearly set the whole place alight though, because just by the entrance was a huge fire. Right in the doorway. It was a big pan thing with oil burning! Soooo dangerous. Then we were sat down on a stage at the front of the restaurant looking down on everyone else eating, when one of the napkins on our table caught fire(from a candle)! This was a badly designed restaurant. The walls were made of wicker, it was generally cramped. They had lots of napkins in wineglasses as decoration and lots of candles. Also on the wall was a deer head, and the best part was that they had used its hooves as coathangers!! it was hilarious. Then, while waiting to be served a napkin on another table managed to catch fire. This place as crazy. Just before we left, another guy didnt tip the waitress enough and she started crying! Very Bizzare.
We then went onto a reggae and rock bar. Again... a ver wierd night! We had the wierdest bar tender. We kept ordering drinks, and he would just walk off without taking our order. He was just so hilariously funny. I would liove to describe him, but unfortunatly i think you had to be there to appriciate him. So i will save myself the time. Anyway, this internet cafe is so expensive.. i am going to have to leave, and will write when i reach a major city. xxxx