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Pisco, only for the wildlife

Pisco, Peru


Erin, Jaime, and myself caught an early bus down the southern coast to Pisco. The entire coast of Peru is primarily a desert, nothing to see but chicken farms and sand. The view did not get much better once we arrived in Pisco. THe city is very poor and dirty. Our hostel was very nice, it had a pool which made it nice because it is not safe for "gringos" to go on the beach. We spent the first day laying by the pool and then walking down to the plaza for dinner. One of the few good things about Pisco is that it has some great sea food, their ceviche (raw fish in lemon/lime juice is amazing).
Our main reason for visiting Pisco was for the wildlife. Off the coast of Pisco are the Islas Ballestas, also known as the "the poor mans Galapagoes". We took a chartered boat out to these islands which are crawling with birds, penguins, sea lions, and a bunch of other exotic animals. Ballestas means "caverns" and every island has caverns and other washed out areas beneath. To bad the sea was kind of rough otherwise we would have been able to take the boat into some of them.
The only down fall of the day was that Erin got sick. By the time we got her back to the Hostel all she wanted was to lay down. To bad she had to miss out on another great sea food dinner.


permalink written by  Shawn04 on January 11, 2007 from Pisco, Peru
from the travel blog: South American
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Looks sweet, did you use Sherpas to climb? How is the night life and the kids? Is it easy to get around? Anyway, enjoy yourself and don't hold back.

Joe

permalink written by  palmerjoe on January 18, 2007


hey, bud.
i'm glad that i checked this blog... i assume that you decided not to use this one:
http://realtravel.com/member-m2978133-shawn_n.html
?? hehehe.
Erin's coming over for dinner on Saturday night to catch up and hear about the travels.
I hope you're doing well. I'm picking Jaimer up tomorrow.
Hugs,
your big sis.


permalink written by  emily naber on January 23, 2007


jaime made it back safe-and-sound and had a great time.

permalink written by  emily naber on January 25, 2007

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