attractive lfejackets

An Ode

---

October 27th 2011
The Ballestas Islands are in Peru, so here is a poem just for you. Many strange birds this day were seen, don’t know all names but some were green. To go to islands you need a boat, the driver was human not a goat. Sorry about the previous line, but sometimes you need words that rhyme. For months the bird we had wanted to view, without resorting to going to a zoo, was the humble peng ... read more

South America » Peru » Ica » Ballestas Islands

---

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