Paracas is essentially a small resort town for Limenos, with an extensive nature reserve and the Ballesteros islands, nicknamed (inaccurately at the moment at least due to El Nino) the poor man's Galapagos!
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| Guano cormorants |
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| Lunch! |
Our speedboat trip to the islands, the main source of the guano exported to the UK amongst others until around 1920, on a grey morning was a bit disappointing....
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| Only 4 penguins on the island! |
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| Atmospheric former guano works |
Back in Lima we enjoyed a bike tour of Barranco and Chorillos. We were rather alarmed to see the man dressed as a friar throwing himself off the cliff but apparently this is a daily occurrence in recognition of a local Romeo and Juliet type tale.
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| Peruvianus Monstrosus cactus |
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| Peruvian hairless dog....also monstrous! |
Finally, an excellent visit to the Larco Herrera archaeological museum, where the pre-Inca silver and gold nose and ear decoration appeared particularly alien!
And now the airport and the long journey home!
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