Blogs from Paracas, Ica, Peru, South America - page 5

Paracus and Pisco - 23rd to 25th of Feb. After an uneventful five hour journey down the Panamerican towards Pisco, we were swiftly deposited by the side of the road. Oh when you said the bus went to Pisco, you meant it dropped us at the side of the road 6km away from the town? I understand. Luckily, there were numerous taxi drivers more than willing to bring us to Pisco so we hopped in a taxi. On the way to Pisco, the taxi man said that tourists don't usually stay in Pisco anymore, rather they go to another town called Paracus instead. Pisco was levelled by an earthquake in 2007 and they are rebuilding the town currently, whereas Paracus was barely affected. Where to stay - in the rubble or the beach town? We decided ... read more

Von Porto Maldonado ging es diesmal mit dem Flugzeug nach Lima, so sparten wir uns 38 Stunden Busfahrt!!! Dort angekommen buchten wir gleich den Bus und fuhren in der Frueh um 7 Uhr weiter nach Paracas. Praraca ist ein kleiner verschlafener Ort an der Kueste. Es gibt hier echt nicht viel zu sehen. Man koennte baden gehen, allerdings sieht dort das Meer so verschmutzt aus, das wir uns entschieden es nicht zu tun. So verbrachten wir einen Tag damit einfach die Seele baumeln zu lassen. In der Frueh am naechsten Tag ging es los zu den Pinguienen und Seeloewen und jede Menge Voegel. Der Ausflug war sehr schoen, auch wenn leider sehr kalt. Spaeter ging es weiter in die Wueste. Wir fuhren mit so Sonderkonstruktionen durch die Duenen, muss sagen war echt sehr geil. Auch das ... read more

Hola allemaal, we zijn vanaf Cusco vertrokken met de bus naar Nasca.Na een nachtrit van ongeveer 15 uur kwamen we aan in Nasca.Hier hadden we ons getrakteerd op een luxe hotel met zwembad,Nazca lines hotel,voor 7 nachten.Nasca zelf stelt niet veel voor maar dat wisten we al van te voren !!Het gaat om de lijnen van Nasca en niet te vergeten het zwembad(hihihi).We hebben hier heerlijk gerelaxed bij het zwembad met pinda's en heerlijke cocktails(mmmmm). Het ontbijt zat erbij in(mag ook wel)en dat was goed voor elkaar,fruit,brood,cerial,sapjes en eieren etc... The Nasca lines deden we per vliegtuigje.5 personen kunnen erin.Voor Liza was dit een geweldige belevenis.Het opstijgen ging allemaal goed en na enkele minuten kwamen de eerste lijnen te voorschijn..Je kreeg tijdens de vlucht een schema mee waar de volgorde met de figuren en lijnen op ... read more

Just realised I totally forgot about our time here whn I blogged yesterday, so apologies for any confusion... On the way to Lima, we stopped off in Paracas National Park, after driving through the areas that had been worst hit by the earthquake a couple of months back. It was quite bizarre, whole towns have been flattened and people are still living in Red Cross tents 2 months on. Paracas itself had also been hit, though not as bad as Pisco and Ica. Whilst in the park we took a boat ride to a set of islands known as the poor man's Galapagos. It was OK, though I'm hoping the real thing is better. We saw a fair amount of stuff though; Seals (the aquatic creatures, not the soul singer), Penguins (the flightless birds, not the ... read more

Pisco. there is very little that one can really say about pisco. for those of you that have been fortunate enough to have experienced the joys of a little town in Cambodia called Battambang, then some vivid images should come to mind instantly. probably the infamous words of the Badman "we're on the first bus outta here" also come to mind quickly. then again, we were in Pisco for a reason. not pisco sours as one might think ... we would have to wait until the ICA provence for that. it was an island where sea going birds like to flock. the name, Islas Ballestas, or popularly refered to by guidebooks as "the poor man's Galapagos"! and flock there they do. they flock there in such numbers that the island literally is 50 metres deep in ... read more