Category: Travel
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Islas Ballestas
in: Travel
The tour of these islands takes you past the “Candelabre”, which is an ancient glyphy etched in some fashion into the side of a hill. It was hard to see, possibly due to weather conditions. It was raining; or more precisely a very light drizzle. Any precipitation in this area is quite rare. I guess…
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Ica: Sand Dunes
in: Travel
After our tour of Paracas National Reserve we drove about 60 minutes to Ica. There we spent just over an hour racing across the dunes on a dune buggy and sand boarding. Sand boarding is sliding down the steep side of a dune on a waxed board. For the last few years I held a…
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Paracas National Reserve
in: Travel
Our guide picked us up at our hotel and gave us a tour of the Reserve. It’s a slow, bumpy ride. Sometimes rather dusty. But while it’s desert, at this time of year it’s not hot.
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Bus to Paracas
in: Travel
It’s a three-and-one-half hour bus ride along the Pan American Highway from Lima to Paracaus. South American bus rides conjure an image of an unroad-worthy school-bus-like battered vehicle that might include among its passengers various beasts including chickens and ducks. Wrong image. The bus departed precisely on time. First class in this bus is comparable…
