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In the late afternoon, boats loaded with totora reeds head toward Rio Ramis village. The mouth of the actual river can be seen where the mountain in the foreground slopes down to intersect with left edge of the blue sail.
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Peru: Kayaking Lake Titicaca
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Where is Ramis?! Once we headed into the totora reeds again on the fourth day, I became increasingly uncomfortable with our plan to reach the Rio Ramis at the end of the day. Thickets of reeds prevented us from getting close enough to land to find the landmarks on our navigational chart. We were disoriented, sitting up to three hours in the kayak without a break, and progressing slowly. Conflicting answers from sailors (our best resource) as to the whereabouts of the mouth of the Rio Ramis and the names of villages made me uneasy. By late afternoon and with most sailors heading back to shore, we were planning our next campsite. We we had to make a decision: either continue in the direction of the Rio Ramis (which involved an open water crossing), or turn inland and risk getting lost in a maze of canals.
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