Ica, Nazca and Paracas (19-21/Jun/06)

Huaraz, Peru

No time in Lima, rushed straight off to Ica for a tour of the area and a local Pisco vineyard. Next day, up early and off to see the Nazca lines in a small 5-seater plane. From there we saw a few more ruins, pre-Inca this time, a cemetery and some underground waterways. Rush rush! The third day we saw the Ballesta Islands which had the biggest concentration of birds any of us had ever seen (it is a prime guano, ie bird poo, producing area to be used as fertilizer), plus a few sea lions thrown in. From there we saw the desertic Paracas peninsula which is also beautiful and has some really yummy seafood restaurants. And then off back to Lima.