Two for the price of one posts today! Because... once again I'm heading off the grid tomorrow to do some organic farming on the coast for a couple weeks and I want to post about Paracas while it's still fresh.
Quite honestly, most of what I've been doing here is lying in a hammock next to the ocean soaking in the ability to browse the internet and download books to read. Also getting my clothes washed with something other than soap homemade from ashes. However since I could have been doing that in any location, what makes Paracas my place of choice is the Islas Ballestas right off the coast, also known as the poor man's Galapagos.
I took the boat tour out around the islands today, and was genuinely really impressed. As we boated out we passed dolphins and sea lions swimming around. In the distance you could see a huge flock of birds, and as we got closer it became apparent that they were actually all fishing, diving into the water at huge speeds. I felt like I was actually in a Nature special on aquatic wildlife being narrated by David Attenborough.
As we continued cruising we saw more seabirds including some huge pelicans and also more sea lions napping on the rocks. But most exciting we saw some penguins hopping around. They are nature's goofiest bird. Can't fly and horribly awkward on land, as in they were literally falling off the rocks in order to get into the water. Good times.
Anyway, I'm off again in the morning so once again DON'T PANIC when I disappear from the internet again. I'll post from Cusco in August.
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