El Amigo
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Rich mans Farne Islands
Paracas
10th – 11th December
As our bus didn't go all the way to Paracas town we had to take a taxi for the last 20km. On the way we passed a large fish factory, which emitted the worst odor I have ever and think could possibly ever have the misfortune of smelling. Luckily the town itself was …
"The Galápagos of the poors"
... told us that this is the way Perù paid their external debt.
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Viaje en autobús.
!Por primera vez en mi vida me han tenido que llamar por megafonía por ser la última en llegar!
El caso es que es diferente a Brasil. Aqui tienes que estar 30 minutos antes y facturar tu ...
Paracas, du guano à tire larigot
... le entière. Et qu'on en renifle l'odeur non plus... On n'a pas le droit d'y descendre, mais on se plaint pas! Pendant que des centaines de phoques se prélassent sur les rochers, dans le bateau, on a tous enfilé nos kway capuche serrée à bloc, et on joue à "celui qui se fera pas chier dessus". De temps en temps, entre deux photos, on entend un splash et un cri. Dans le ciel, ils ont l'air de bien s'amuser...
L'après-midi, nous visitons le désert alentour, ...
Sand Boarding and A Stomach Churning Flight!
... onto a trip to the sand dunes that first afternoon and set out at 4pm in a Dune Buggy which raced us up and over the huge dunes to our first downhill point. Steve discovered that spending extra on a real board with boots and bindings was a bit pointless and that boarding standing up on sand is not quite the same as on snow! However, the plank of wood I used certainly picked up plenty of speed when lying down on ...
Nazca lines, a dessert oasis, and the beach
... too, first time we went laying down on the board because the drop was too steep (nearly vertical!) to attempt to stand up, but the next time we both managed to stand up and go down another dune! It was great! Really fun!! I got some lovely photos of the dunes in the early evening too just as the sun was setting and the shadows gave the shapes of the dunes a truly epic contrast to the sky.
We also hired a rowing boat for an hour and paddled about in the middle of the ...
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