Blogs from Paracas, Ica, Peru, South America - page 4

Om te beginnen, onze zondagavond in Miraflores. Ana regelt een taxi voor ons, de rit naar Miraflores duurt 20 minuten is 9 kilometer lang en kost omgerekend 3 euro. Zijn andere prijzen dan bij Van Dienst, he Rolf? De taxirit is weer eens spannend. Tijdens de rit lijkt het of de achteras op ieder moment onder de auto kan uitvliegen en we kennen totaal de weg niet, waardat de chauffeur ons heen brengt is dus een groot raadsel. We gaan naar Larcomar, een winkelcentrum met restaurants gericht op toeristen. Vergelijkbaar met de Spaanse Costa's. Hier onze eerste Pisco Sour op, de lokale cocktail, het Sour was goed te proeven. Omdat we geen zin hebben om op straat weer een taxi te regelen besluiten we bij het taxistandpunt een taxi te bestellen. De prijs was maar iets ... read more

Pour rallier Paracas (cote sud de Lima) il etait donc preferable de rebrousser chemin vers Lima, et vu qu on voulait faire le trajet de nuit on a pris la meilleure compagnie, du moins une des plus cheres, a savoir Cruz del Sur. On embarquera a 23h45, apres avoir ete mis a la porte a 21h par notre charmante hote, nous laisser attendre dans l hotel jusqu a 21h30 etait deja trop tard...!! En attendant on decide d aller manger un Caldo de Gallinas (bouillon de poule) car on a tous les 2 a creve! Apres ce repas on file a l agence de transport ou il passe a la tele Pirate des caraibes 3 en espagnol, bon exercice car on l avait vu juste avant de partir (avec les collocs!).Au moment de l embarquement on ... read more

Happy Sunday. One thing I always find hard to remember when traveling is what day of the week it is. But today is Sunday, and that was probably why there was not that much traffic on the Pan-American Highway. Dinner last night was a set menu, appetizer was called la causa, which if you know Spanish means the cause. It is called that because it was an easy dish to serve to the soldiers during the Peru/Chile war. It´s a layer of chicken between two layers of mashed potato. It was pretty good. The main course was similar to teriyaki. It was beef or chicken with onions and peppers in a soy based sauce with rice and oddly (to me) french fries. It´s strange to me to have both carbohydrates at a meal, but apparently, while ... read more

Z Nazky jsme jeli odpoledne dalsim busem kolem Piska do Parakasu. Ukecali jsme slevu na vylet na ostrov a ubytovali se. Rano bouhuzel neslo vyjet na more, tak jsme alespon vyrazili do nedalekeho narodniho parku. Jake prekvapeni ze to byla proste pisecna poust. Dokonce pry nejsussi misto v Peru. To asi nikdo moc necekal. Ale nekolikadenni prochazka byla krasna a krome hodne barev pisku a more, jsme mohli videt i hromadu ptactva. Po navratu do Parakasu, jsme zkusili vyjet znova na ostrovy a tentokrat jsme je videli. Po nekolika mesicich jsme konecne uvideli tucnaky :) Krome par delfinu a lachtanu taky jeste mraky ptaku. Ale tucnaci byli krasni. (fotky pozdeji - ma je Kac a David) No a pak se loucime s Davidem a jedem s Kacou do Kuska.... read more

Before leaving Huacachina this morning, Macayla and I chose to try and climb a sand dune and walk the top. We made it up to the top and were able to take some great pictures of Huacachina down below. Very beautiful. Huacachina was originally built for the Peruvian elite as a vacation location and now it is more of a backpacker hang-out. Drove into Ica to catch a bus to Pisco and had to kill some time before the bus left. We went to the Plaza de Armas for some lunch and in the plaza they were having a mass wedding. It was pretty cool to witness. So many women dressed in white getting married one after the other. Macayla and I found it interesting and strange all at the same time. With the language barrier, ... read more