Blogs from Ballestas Islands, Ica, Peru, South America - page 2

Pisco and Ballestas Islands Huacachina to Pisco The 5 hour stretch of Pan-American highway between Ica and Lima is served by a very frequent, fast and well used bus service run by Soyuz/Peru bus. The fares are cheap and it makes travel so easy. This is a less used tourist route as most people skip out this stretch. After a short taxi ride from Huacachina we were at the bus station in Ica and within about15 minutes we had a ticket and were on our way to Pisco. The journey takes about an hour and you then get dropped at the turn off for the town where there are lots of taxis to take you the next 6 kms into the town centre. We headed straight to a hotel with a pool which was 7 pounds ... read more

¡Hola! Es ist wieder einmal an der Zeit, euch auf dem Laufenden zu halten. Hab in den letzten Tagen viel erlebt und werde euch jetzt einmal kurz davon berichten... Von Lima ging’s die Pazifikkueste auf der Panamericana entlang auf die Halbinsel Paracas. Diese ist der Ausgangspunkt fuer einen Ausflug zu den Ballestas Inseln. Auf diesen Inseln konnten wir stinkende und megafaule Seeloewen, 1000e Voegel und vor allem auch Pinguine beobachten!!! Das war echt super!! Vor allem von den Seeloewen war ich wirklich beeindruckt! Ansonsten muss man sagen, dass Pisco seit einem starken Erdbeben vor ein paar Jahren noch sehr starken Aufholbedarf hat. Gerade einmal die Hauptstrasse ist asphaltiert, der Rest ist einfach nur unbefestigte Strasse. Die Leute leben teilweise in irgendwelchen Verschlaegen. Von Paracas aus ging die Reise weiter in den Sueden zu einem Weingut indem ... read more

They say Galapagos for the poor man. Let's see...... read more

martes, 22 de junio An amazing breakfast bap and into Ica to catch the bus to Pisco. We know it's not far but not quite where to go. It's okay the conductor knows he has our ticket. Oh. No. He doesn't. That stop half an hour ago was ours. And he doesn't speak English? WHAT THE F**K IS HE SAYING??!! Literal translation (or what we did anyway): "Get off the bus on the middle of a busy highway right in the middle of the desert, then try and run across the road with 2.5 stone backpacks whilst cars belt past at 60mph on the side of the road you are otherwise unused to, after which try and communicate with the ticket auditor (who also doesn't speak a word of your mother tongue) and explain the situation ... read more

We had to see Isla del Ballestas before we left Paracus, I had never seen a penguin in the wild before and was excited at the prospect so we booked our tour at 40 soles each and eagerly arrived at the marina early next morning, We waited as the boats lined up waiting for us to board, we paid a habour fee (2 soles each) and boarded our open speed boat put on our very sexy life jackets and off we sped. Just a little bit out of the harbor a half submerged submarine sat sporting a peruvian flag, I didn't know Peru had a navy never mind a submarine, then across the bay several large war ships sat docked, don't mess with these guys eh? 20 minutes later el Candelabro came into view, this is ... read more