We saw a LOT of chicken farms, along with the following fun local stuff below:
As we hopped onto a ferryboat to get out to Islas Ballestas, with a few hour boat tour. Sea lions, seals, penguins, and thousands of birds all over this cluster of islands. At first glance, you'd think the rocks were naturally colored the way they are. Nope! They're all covered in guano, the Quechuan word for seabird excrement. This stuff is one of the richest forms of fertilizer there is, with 20 times more nitrogen than cow manure. From the 1850s-1870s, many tons of guano was scraped off of the island, bagged, and went to market. The Peruvian government still does this, but not as much as in previous times. Talk about the "gold" rush!
We had this little guy sitting in the row just in front of ours, practically eating the paint off of the boat. Oh kids, a sea of possibilities and a perfect subject for today's portrait shots if I might add!
"El Candelabro," a prehistoric geoglyph on the northern face of the Paracas Peninsula at Pisco Bay of the Pisco Province of the Ica Region. People say that this was done by the Free Masons, but no one really knows the real origin or what the purpose was/is. There has been some speculation that it served as a signal to mariners.
Our tour around Islas Ballestas:
After a lunch complete with tiradito, a variation of prepared ceviche, Inka Kola, Sopa de Mariscos, a walk around the boardwalk could never be complete without el baile negroe and meeting my first ever, Perro Peruano!
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