| We went for a drive in the Atacama
Desert and there were lots of sand dunes. The wind was really
strong and I could lean into it and it would support me. Then we
stopped at a restaurant and had lunch. I had fresh fish caught
from the bay and even ate the eyeballs! Then we went out on the
beach and collected clam shells. |
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The Bay of Paracas |
| We stopped at cliff above the beach.
I ran all the way down the trail right to the beach. We looked at
some fossils and then we went into a cave and hopped from boulder
to boulder to keep out of the water. When we went out of the cave
I took some kelp and threw it into the water. Then we saw a
paraglider gliding over the cliffs along the beach. |
© Jeff Waugh
Paracas
Paragliding |
| On the boat ride out to
the Ballestas Islands we saw the Candelabra of Paracas. No one
really knows who made this design in the sand. Some people think
that pirates made it to mark the entrance to the Bay of Paracas.
Others say it was made by an ancient people. |
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The Candelabra
of Paracas |
| Out on the boat ride we
saw lots of sea lions, Peruvian Boobies, Pelicans and Cormorants. There is lots of fish
for them in the cold water around the islands. There are so many
boobies that they mine the guano (or bird poop) for fertilizer. In
one bay there were tons of sea lions and we could hear them
barking. |
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Sea Lions in
the Islas Ballestas |
| After we left Paracas we
drove across the desert to the oasis of Ica. The hotel that we
stayed at was beautiful. All of the buildings were white, there
was a stream and pond with huge goldfish, and the swimming pool
had a water slide. That was the first water slide my Dad had ever
been on! |
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Hotel Las Dunas,
Ica |
| Later we went down to
the fish pond near the bridge. I got down and starting feeding
them some bread. My Dad warned me not to get too close in case I
slipped in but I have good balance so I was sure that I would not
fall in. It was really neat to see how big they were. I leaned
over to give a big one some bread and I fell in! I scared all of
the fish away and when I came out I was soaking wet. |
© Jeff Waugh
Feeding the
Goldfish |
| We went for a ride in a
small plane over the Lines of Nazca. There are giant designs
of all kinds of animals that you can only see from the air. I like
the monkey design and the bird one seen at the bottom of this
page. |
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Lines of Nazca |
| In Ica, we went
to the local museum. They had mummies and all kinds of old tools
and weapons. It was really neat how the mummies were
preserved. |
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The Mummy of
Ica |
