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Getting to work in Pisco
Oct 21, 2007
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"Well get some photos and first impressions up soon, just checking in from Pisco. ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
hancocjb
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Safe and sound in Pisco
Sep 1, 2006
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"Finally arrived in Pisco, after 24 hours of traveling. A bit tired and I have to stay up now until tonight, to adjust to the new time zone (Belgian time -7). The journey started in ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
esbjorn
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Yippee........bird poo everywhere!!!!
Dec 19, 2006
(14 photos)
"Pisco....the home of pisco sours....which incidentally i discovered is a drink made with white grape brandy and egg whites...sounds nice eh? We arrived in Pisco in the morning. Wer ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
neilandamy
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Lima to Pisco
Sep 16, 2006
(21 photos)
"The greatest disadvantage of travelling on a group tour is the lack of flexibility... I absolutely fell in love with Lima and detest the fact that I had to move on. Like other fant ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
shanewilson
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Nazca Lines (ish) and Pisco sours in Pisco
Sep 25, 2006
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"Arrived in Nazca at 5.15am after a good nights sleep and got a taxi to the airstrip. They let us wait in one of the offices until they opened and we then started negotiating with t ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
emanddave
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The Poor Man´s Gallapagos
May 1, 2006
(9 photos)
"Since Rachel and I are not planning to visit Equador nor unfortunately the Gallapagos islands, we have come up with a cheap and dirty alternative: the Ballestas Islands in Peru. Th ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
rachel_john
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The One About The Penguin
May 9, 2006
(24 photos)
"Now I´m flying! March and April were fairly laid back months with regards to traveling, but I seem to have got a second wind from somewhere. I'd planned to head to the north of Per ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
irax
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Alternative Xmas......
Dec 24, 2004
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"A long bus trip to Pisco but worth it! Went Dune bugging and Sandboarding this afternoon... was more like Dubai than Peru! Going over the dunes in a buggy with an engine more usual ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
steveanderson
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The Poor Mans Galapogas
Jul 25, 2005
(23 photos)
"Getting up at 6am being our daily routine now, we had signed up for a trip to "Poor Mans Galapagos" which was the nickname for the "Islas Ballestas", some islands east of Pisco. Th ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
dospollos
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Mini Galapagos
Aug 2, 2008
(7 photos)
"We decided to take a trip to a place known as the poor mans galapagos athough i think the galapagos is for rich people anyway. The Illas Ballestos An Island off the mainland which ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
tomsontravels
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Pisco
Jun 25, 2007
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"Pisco Sour ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
rskopek
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Travelling with a random stranger...
May 10, 2007
(4 photos)
"woke up well early this morning and got a bus to pisco...was very lucky and had a very friendly peruvian lady sitting next to me...since she was deaf and me arblo poquito espa ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
micachina
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Sandboarding in Pisco
Oct 23, 2006
(16 photos)
"The trip to Pisco was short, only about four hours, and uneventful. Our first stop was at a pisco factory, a grape brandy that is the national drink of Perú, although it is drunk i ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
emmaireland
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Pisco
Jul 24, 2007
(3 photos)
"Pisco Bus to Pisco 10 Sol (1 pound 40 ish.) I basically stayed here so that I could visit the Islas Ballestas and had the privelage of having my first bowl of soup containing chick ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
steviesteveo
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Southward bound...
Aug 8, 2003
"hi there, me again! i left la paz a few weeks ago, but remained at high altitude. i traveled to copacabana, on the edge of lake titicaca and there, visited the isla del sol, which ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
jcbeep
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sva ze dalje
Jun 26, 2006
(2 photos)
"koncno... naspana. Zaradi omenjenega 7 urnega casovnega zamika je bil ponoci pravi kaos. Najprej sva se zbudila ob pol dveh zjutraj, ker sva sla ob osmih spat. Nato sva se ybudila ..."
A travel blog entry from PISCO by
janez-maja
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Pisco´d As A Shit
Mar 25, 2007
(20 photos)
"Found myself In Pisco( Quechua for bird) where the highly potent grape brandy produced in the surrounding area and infamous Pisco Sour cocktail (made with egg white!) get thei ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
rush
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Pisco and The Balasteros Islands
Nov 22, 2006
"After Ica & Huacachina, I decided to head up to Pisco, famous of course for the production of the liquor of the same name (and of course, the famous cocktail known as a Pisco Sour) ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
joules
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Earthquake devestation
Jan 1, 2008
(2 photos)
"Whilst I have heard people use the expression that something looks like an earthquake just hit, this would definitely be the appropriate phrase to use for Pisco where a massive ear ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
bigkevoz
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Home of Pisco sour, Pisco!
Jan 10, 2007
(10 photos)
"So today we started our ´´Gringo Trail´´ tour (for those that don´t know, gringo is a Spanish slang term for white person). We got a taxi to the Cruz Del Sur bus station ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
eknoll
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Pisco
Feb 5, 2006
(15 photos)
"Well, I´ve realized since Trujillo how truly important my Lonely Planet guide really is, i´m going to guard it with my life! After arriving in Lima and once again navigating by wor ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
c4corey
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Fish markets, huge old wharf and dolphins
Jun 7, 2006
(15 photos)
"broke and stuck in pisco on your way to balestos island? travel guides would suggest there is nothing to do... wrong! 1. arrange a taxi (who can act as a guide) 2. visit the huge o ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
jochky
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Pisco
Jun 18, 2008
(3 photos)
"Después de la visita en Lima un nuevo viaje de cuatro horas para dormir en Pisco, en una cama por primera vez en tres días, la ciudad de Pisco sufrió un terremoto de 8.2 en la esca ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
javierferrin
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Pisco - home of the Sour.
Jan 10, 2007
(3 photos)
"Hello again, so I am now in Pisco which is I think unofficially named after the local brandy and, no it is not the people who are sour. A Pisco Sour is a local drink, s ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
pea
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Earthquake Info
Aug 27, 2007
"We travelled through the area impacted by the earthqauke. It was horrible, you could not tell what was there before it was just rubble. The really sad bit was children ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
sandramcnicol
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Pisco - I love the smell of fish in the morning!
Aug 19, 2004
(3 photos)
"Pisco. Penguins. Pelicans. Peruvian Boobies (ahem). Our first real destination (the less said about Lima the better - blood spattered at the cash point - need I say more?). This is ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
mhistie
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Pisco
Jul 29, 2008
(7 photos)
"Overnighter, dusty place that was mainly being dug up, got out early in the morning. ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
tour-46
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Pisco - Paracas
Mar 14, 2006
(9 photos)
"After dragging myself away from the oasis i went to Pisco and Paracas....this place was described as the poor mans Galapagos islands! Perfect i thought! Well i'm not sure if it was ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
hotteawhereever
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isla ballesta
Oct 17, 2006
(9 photos)
"For Bils birthday we went out to the ballestas islands. We caught a little boat out and cruised around the island. It was great we saw sea lions, they were hilarious so fat and laz ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
suze.lance
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Sailing by seals and sh...
Jun 14, 2005
"With just three nights left in Peru I decided to make one last stop before hitting Lima, my final destination. Pisco itself is nothing really to speak of, but the Paracas reserve t ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
aporter
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Poor Man's Galapagos
Jul 25, 2008
(2 photos)
"We poor backpackers go to Pisco to sample some of the wildlife of the Galapagos at a tiny fraction of the cost. The nearby Ballestas Islands are certainly no replacement for the re ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
mistahall
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A Change of Itinerary
Jun 5, 2006
(10 photos)
"Hello All, So two nights before an election between what locals call "two bad choices" ( sound familiar?) we stood in the Plaza de Armas in Cusco and watched a rally for one of the ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
worldroamers
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Adesso sono qui
Feb 15, 2008
(3 photos)
"Il peru' nell'immaginario collettivo, o almeno nel mio, e' un insieme di paesaggi, immagini, natura e colore, si' soprattutto colore, il verde lussureggiante della foresta eq ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
baldolino
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Pisco and Islas Ballestas
Jul 12, 2008
(112 photos)
"12/07/2008 Early rise for a morning trip out to the Islas Ballestas, this is nicknamed ´the poor mans Galapagos´. The island we went to is in the Reserva Nacional de Paracas, this ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
tomandlizzie
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Pisco
Jun 9, 2007
(9 photos)
"There's not much to say about Pisco. It smells of fish. In fact, that doesn't really do it justice; it reeks of fish. Nope, still not good enough; it smells as if it is made of fis ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
mattandlou
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bus journeys
Oct 10, 2005
"ad: weve had a very productive 24 hrs, first we got and awesome bus back to lima from huaraz, compared to on the way it was two and a half hours quicker, we didnt feel like we were ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
adsrobjim
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane?....
Sep 14, 2007
(5 photos)
"Blimey So much to fill you in on and so soon. We´re currently in Pisco, a town just south of Lima (well "just", like a 4 hour bus journey is "just a small trip"). This was hit very ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
nick.furmston
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Meer - Pisco Sour
May 7, 2007
"So, han mich vom "Reisestress" erholt. Wieder mal 10 Stund Schlaf haend guet ta, au wenn ich 6.30h bereits ufgstande bin. Nach em Rundflug bin ich gmuetlich go aesse und denn uf di ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
roli-on-tour
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Lima > Pisco
Jul 7, 2007
(10 photos)
"Voznja taksijem do autobusne stanice, trajala je kraće nego do centra, a kostala je dvostruko. Ali nismo tada jos bili vični pregovaranjima i prigovaranjima, pa je to pro ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
waldo
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The sad town of Pisco (with its amazing people).
Jun 23, 2008
(2 photos)
"Well, we´ve left Lima and travelled a mere 4 hours south to the coastal town of Pisco. This place is really quite sad. It was virtually destroyed by a significant earthquake last y ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
nicpam
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On the road at last...
Mar 23, 2008
(4 photos)
"Well since i last wrote we have managed to get ourselves on the road and join our travel gang. Yeh sometimes organised tours are a bind but this one is just to get us in the swing ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
thewanderingone
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Pisco ahoy!
Aug 9, 2007
(51 photos)
"Having booked a tour of the "Poor mans Galapodus" islands (more on that later) and an afternoon tour of an Inca admin centre upon ariving late in Pisco the night before...We awoke ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
jkingham
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Isla Ballestas
Mar 11, 2005
(3 photos)
"Dane and I took the bus from Lima to Pisco. This was the first experience on a Peruvian bus, which I have heard some horror stories about. We found this bus just fine, so we will s ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
auntie_bev
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Getting the Hands Dirty
Apr 21, 2008
(14 photos)
"I decided to join up with the vountario group Burners without Borders (a volunteering arm of the annual Burning Man festival) to help rebuild parts of Pisco that were destroyed dur ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
itsbob21
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Sealions and sand dunes
Nov 10, 2007
(20 photos)
"So last Friday we made our way by public bus to a town near Pisco with our GAP group. As we got close to Pisco, there was rubble everywhere from the houses, walls and buildings tha ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
clandybar
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Lima to Pisco
Apr 15, 2008
(1 photo)
"Met our tour group last night in Lima and had a meet and greet dinner at an upmarket resturant overlooking the beach. Our group of 17 includes the guide Julio and trainee Man ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
coolyback
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Day 30
Mar 14, 2007
"The diner got a bit noisy, this airport never sleeps, flights come and go all night, so I explored a bit and found two spots, one on level 3, two nice 3 seaters, ideal for stretchi ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
adisyl
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Pisco Sour
Mar 13, 2006
(7 photos)
"The home to the Pisco Sour and the Ballestas Islands. Today was full on which was to continue right to the end of our tour, we woke up early to drive to Pisco, nothing much here ex ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
giovanna
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Pisco... not sour but shaken
Oct 19, 2007
(9 photos)
"Our bus ride to Pisco was doomed from the start. We had arrived at the bus terminal at 8 for our 8:30 bus. We had three rolls and two oranges a piece to get us through ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
youngtravellers
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Paracas National Park
Oct 31, 2006
(5 photos)
"2 hour bus ride out of Ica, northish, to the nearly-coastal town of Pisco. Pisco also shares the name of the traditional hard liquor most often consumed as a mojito-esque drink cal ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
knoweapon
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hands on disaster relief
Nov 26, 2007
"der eintrag ist schon eine woche alt..hatte halt keine lust zu schreiben... also, ich verlasse heute lima. War ja lange genug hier....ab weiter nach sueden....sandboeardsurfen Letz ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
asci
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Pisco Soured
Aug 10, 2005
(10 photos)
"Our first experience with Peruvian buses booked and we wished goodbye to the boys, they´re off in the opposite direction (thankfully) and we´re moving down the coast to rendez-vouz ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
danstravelworld
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peru
Nov 2, 2006
"rite, wasnt gonna do a blog for pisco cos i wasnt stoppin for long but thought i mite as well cos we got into a bit of a strange adventure. folks go to the town for day trips to th ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
jordanblair100
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Pisco - Poor Mans Galapagos And Dune Buggys
Jul 5, 2005
(18 photos)
"Day 248 Tuesday 05/07/05 Lima - Pisco There have been rumours of a bus strike and the route to Pisco has been problematic lately. A quick phonecall that morning alleviated our fear ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
skcoll
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Pisco
Feb 16, 2007
"Peru´s version of Coca with added sense of threat. Almost didn´t get off the bus. Here white faces stick out like a sore thumb and like your hands Pisco today has 2. ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
bigsiandbertos
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Pisco sour
Oct 25, 2006
(14 photos)
"Pisco - famous for the drink and a jumping off point for the Ballestas Islands (the ¨Poor man´s Gallapagos¨ as our guide book put it. And ´poor´ is about the only word to be used w ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
charaluta
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Peru´s Galapagos
Jan 18, 2006
(5 photos)
"A four hour bus journey south of Lima took us to the small town of Pisco (of the same name as the famous Peruvian drink - a brandy made of white grapes, often served as a Pisco sou ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
countryroads
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My first glimpse of a Peruvian boobie...
Jan 20, 2005
(3 photos)
"So we finally pulled ourselves out of Cusco, albeit after a long night of drinking, on Monday evening, hopping a 17 hour bus to Pisco, on the western coast. Could not see the surro ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
tawildman
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Pisco
Sep 3, 2005
(14 photos)
"Gister ochtend de groep opgepikt op de luchthaven, en veel tijd verloren met het aangeven van bagage verlies en ingeven van klachten. Continental Airlines valt echt tegen op het vl ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
wouterf
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Pisco to Lima
Apr 21, 2007
(2 photos)
" Before heading north we take a detour to the Paracas National Reserve which hosts huge colonies of sea birds, sea lions and penguins. On returning to intended route we come across ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
captss955
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On the...booze, in Pisco
Jul 8, 2005
"Peru has about 50% unemployment. In order to get by a lot of Peruvians sell items on the street. The list of items that can bought in this manner is endless. From individual sweets ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
davidbowmaker
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The adventures begin.....
Oct 1, 2005
(6 photos)
"I headed down from Lima to the coastal town of Pisco. Just a three hour bus trip, through quite extraordinary landscape. They call this area the desert coast - it is full of sand d ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
alisonw
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Pisco (part 2)
Jul 13, 2006
(13 photos)
"Vandaag naar de incaruines van tambo colorado geweest. De zoon van de eigenaars van ons hotelletje was meegegaan maar was niet zo spraakzaam, waarschijnlijk omdat we hem bijna niet ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
jotoon
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The dog's Ballestas
Jun 16, 2006
(6 photos)
"On the bus to my next stop, Pisco, I met two Canadians, Megan and Arien and we chatted about our travels. On arrival at Pisco we were besieged by touts trying to get us to their ch ..."
A travel blog entry from Pisco by
mrjoe
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