article_snippet.sent: Reeds all about it: Hand-crafted boats on the gentle surface of Lake Titicaca .
article_snippet.sent: It was saved from the scrapheap by an English woman, Meriel Larken, who restored and turned It into a B&B. Local life: The ingenious floating Uros Islands in the middle of Lake Titicaca are made from totora reeds .
article_snippet.sent: These man-made floating structures are hewn from mats of totora reeds, which grow abundantly in the shallows of the lake.
article_snippet.sent: Secured to the bottom of the lake by ropes, as the layers at the bottom rot, new ones are added to the top to keep the top dry and afloat.
highlights_snippet.sent: Visitors can sail on Lake Titicaca to visit the fabled artificial Uros Islands .