TRAVELLING PISCO TO NAZCA (18/06/09)
Just off the coast of Pisco lie the Ballestas Islands. On the slanted side of one of the islands is what is known as the Candelabra, a huge mysterious line drawing though maybe to be related to the Nazca Lines.
These rocky islands are famous for the thousands of sea birds which live and nest there. We were lucky to see this pair of penguins close up.
A huddle of penguins waddle along the cliff top above some of the thousands of boobies with which they share their home.
Everywhere we looked on the rocks was covered in birds.
Really covered in birds.
Alongside all the birds is a colony of sealions who were making quite a racket.
An enormous bull sealion and a female.
Further South towards Nazca we stopped in desert town of Ica, built around a natural oasis amongst the sand dunes.
We took it upon ourselves to scale one of the huge dunes although it turned out to be alot harder work than we had imagined.
Eventually, with aching calves, we made it to the top.
The climb turned out to be well worth it with spectacular views across the desert.
The incredibly crisp lines of the dune ridges make for great photographs.
A popular attraction in Ica is sandboarding which, to state the slightly obvious, is basically sledging but on sand. It was great fun despite the fact that the sand got literally everywhere.
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