GENERAL SAN MARTIN (PISCO) PERU
This morning around 6:30am we arived at Pisco. The docking site was 20min by bus outside the town in no mans land. It looks like a large comercial port is being developed here, which also serves as the cruise ship terminal. Shuttle buses were lined up and available to take us to town every 20min. After breakfast we took the bus into town. The town was called Paracas. It was quite a nice town. It made me think of lots of Mexican towns I have seen. A malecon along the beach lined with little restaurants and venders selling Peruvian wear and hand made merchandise. In the water a large selection of fishing boats anchored in a variety of different colours. The people seemed all very friendly. After strolling the waterfront and having coffee at a little cafe we headed back in the bus to the ship. The surounding landscape is made up of sand dunes as far as the eye can see. when we got back at the ship, a couple of frigates from peruvian Navy had tied up beside the cruise ship. We lifted anchor around 5:00 PM. About 30 min in our cruise we witnessed the world famous and utterly mysterious Nazca lines drawn on the hill side on land. These are an amazing series of drawings of animals and geometric figures on the desert floor and on hillsides, ranging up to 1,000 feet in size. While watching this from the upper deck area we were served Pisco Sour’s the national coctail from Peru. That’s it pretty well for today. Sea day tomorrow.
Cheers
“south america” “cruise” “Pisco Sour”
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