Paracas and the Ballestas Islands

Paracas and the Ballestas Islands

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September 16th 2006
Ok, everyone, So, I'm going to work backwords, I guess. Here are some pictures from the Ballestas Islands, right off the central coast of Peru, near a town that we stayed in, Paracas. On a small boat tour, Ellie and I saw bottle-nosed dolphins, penguins, pelicans, Peruvian boobies (birds!), and nearly 3500 sea lions (lobos). We took a walk the day before out to the Paracas National Reserve, on ... read more

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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