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Lots of birds!  
   

Lots of birds!

Poor man's Galapagos

March 23rd 2006
Hello! On our final day of our tour we visited Pisco, purely to do the tour of the Ballestas Islands. In fact Pisco has a bad reputation for safety and because we arrived late and left early the next day, few of the group chose to leave the hotel except to buy snacks. The islands were fantastic though- we got to see loads of birds, including the Peruvian boobies, and sea lions AAAAAAND pengu ... read more
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Peruvian Flag Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more
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