Tuesday our stop was for Pisco, Peru. The port is across the bay from the city. Our excursion was "Paracas National Reserve.. This protected area covers most or a peninsula. It is mostly a desert - the second driest desert in the world (about 1.5.mm annually). The driest is south of here in northern Chile, Our next stop Thursday Arica, Chile is near that Atacama is the driest with about 1.3 mm rain a year.
After visiting the Reserve, we went to visit the Pisco 1615 - Bodega distillery. The famous drink from this area is the Pisco Sour. Pisco is distilled from grapes.
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| The port of General San Martin which is near Pisco, Peru. |
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| Vendor booths getting ready for us. |
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| Rock and sand almost covers the Reserve |
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| We stopped at what is called the Red Beach |
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| Our tour group. |
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| A Turkey Vulture flying over us. |
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| Fishing boats. Because this is a protected reserve, commercial fishing is not allowed but some people can fish for their own use. |
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| Climbing to the top of hill for a view |
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| Perucian Booies |
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| Turkey Vulture watching us. |
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| The Cathedral rock formation used to look more like a castle before the earthquake in 2007 |
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| This surf with water going bothe in and out at same time causes strong riptides. The beach is names Devils Beach. |
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| A small island offshore is covered with bird guano. It is harvest to make fertilizer. |
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| In route to the Pisco distillery, we saw our ship in the port. |
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| The scenes on our way to the distillery. |
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| Young grape vines. |
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| Grapes |
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| Our tour guide (left) translating what the distillery employee was telling us. |
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| We got to eat some of the grapes. |
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| The showed the distilling process to us |
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| Distillation tanks |
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| The end result. We got to sample 3 of them. |
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| I bought one of the bottles of Pisco |
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| Scenes on the ride back to the ship |
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| Checking out the vendors on the pier. |
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| A freighter docked next to us. |
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| part of the city of Pisco across the bay |
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| Many Royal Terns flying around the ship. |
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| Sunset approaches. |
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| Passing an offshore rock. |
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