Pictures from the sand dunes as i put them in the wrong place!!An early start had us heading to Paracas for a boat trip to whats affectionately known as "the poor mans Galapagos" or the Islas Ballestas.
The islands are the home of thousands, if not millions of birds from Pelicans & Peruvian Boobies to Penguins and is an amazing yet smelly sight to see. Once every 5 years all the islands are cleared of Guano and its sold to people who are willing to pay 50c a kilo for this apparantly world renowned fertiliser.
Amongst the birds theres also a very large population of male sea lions, that during are visit were chilling on the beach, whilst all the females were perched on rocks around the islands. Our tour guide at this point wanted to make sure that we were aware of there sexuality; "The males are not gay....................they just like to hang out together"
I then headed off back to Ica to buy a bus ticket and feeling adventurous on my return I opted for a 3 wheeled taxi that when heading up the sand dune stopped!!! I offered to get out and help push but it started up again and we crawled to the top of the dune before he turned the engine off as we coasted all the way back into Huacachina!
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