at ballestrasislands,seeing dolphin,sealions pelicans,penguins and assorted others,great trip ,best views are on the left side of boat,wear a hat and rain jackettakes about 2 hours, at the port a few cafes

arrived after a 5 hour bus journey from lima,due too earthquake damage in pisco last year deemed out of bounds,firsrt impression is of faded grandeur around a pictureseque oasis full of smelling stagnant water,did not take the pedallos out. apologies cannot find a delete key on this keyboard to correct spelling and grammer A couple of restaurants and a bar, with wandering minstrels plying their trade, the words get to f++k at them seem to be international in...

sunday night lima, half the town out walking, all bars are shut most restaurants closed, tip, use the yellow taxis which are regulated and have some degree of maintenance with them, also beware the money exchangers on the street, they are passing fake soles, also heard of someone getting short changed at an exchange office,might be an idea to write down the serial numbers of the notes you are going to exchange

a bizzare day, in the course of 10 minutes witneseed a bank heist by 4 balaclaved klashnakov weilding guys, turned out it was a film crew, the first shop opened only served shin pads, a man was sleeping wrapped round a tree , a peruvian army detachment and brass band were doing elaborate marching to shouts of ole on the steps of the cathedral and a local was plying a trade weighing people on a set of bathroom scales for .10 centumes, still therw as at least a fo...

did the tour of 2 main squares plaza mayor and plaza san martin and convent of san francisco with spooky catacombs. cost 5 soles for the tour ,english guide included, not allowed to take photos, the above costs 75 soles if you do it with limavision which the hotel uses, then took the open decked bus for 20 soles hop on and off, tip watch your head here as you are laible to be decapiated from the overhead electic wires, went to miarifores, cool, surfers in b...