Pisco, only for the wildlife

Erin, Jaime, and myself caught an early bus down the southern coast to Pisco. The entire coast of Peru is primarily a desert, nothing to see but chicken farms and sand. The view did not get much better once we arrived in Pisco. THe city is very poor and dirty. Our hostel was very nice, it had a pool which made it nice because it is not safe for "gringos" to go on the beach. We spent the first day laying by the pool and then walking down to the plaza for dinner. One of the few good things about Pisco is that it has some great sea food, their ceviche (raw fish in lemon/lime juice is amazing).

Wildlife in Pisco

Our main reason for visiting Pisco was for the wildlife. Off the coast of Pisco are the Islas Ballestas, also known as the "the poor mans Galapagoes". We took a chartered boat out to these islands which are crawling with birds, penguins, sea lions, and a bunch of other exotic animals.

Sea Lions in Pisco

Ballestas means "caverns" and every island has caverns and other washed out areas beneath. To bad the sea was kind of rough otherwise we would have been able to take the boat into some of them.
The only down fall of the day was that Erin got sick. By the time we got her back to the Hostel all she wanted was to lay down. To bad she had to miss out on another great sea food dinner.

Pisco, only for the wildlife

Pisco, Peru