Our last port before departure was Paracas. It is a small fishing village that has turned into beach resort town known as Peru’s best wild-life watching destination. It is the gateway to Isla Ballestas, ‘the poor man’s Galapagos Island.’ We took a tour in a large speedboat to see hundreds, make that thousands of Humboldt penguins, seals, sea lions, and birds. We… View Post
For our day in Iquique we walked down the mainstreet and the boardwalk on the beach. As we walked the town started to grow on me. There were street vendors and a few interesting shops around the square that made for a fun afternoon. As we strolled down Baquedano Street I had a feeling I was on stage set of… View Post
We were docked right next to this “pirate ship”. Not sure why but many of the ports on our South American cruise had touristy pirate amusements. Third Millennium Cross is 272 feet tall, and 131 feet wide. This concrete cross located at the top of Coquimbo began construction in 1999 and it was completed in 2001. It was built to… View Post
On our way to Valpariso one of our friends wanted to stop at San Alfonso Del Mar. It currently holds the record of the largest swimming pool in the world. The guard wouldn’t let us in but that didn’t stop us from peaking over the fence to see this amazing pool. It is filled with over 66,043,013 gallons of sea… View Post
Our first stop was looking out over the blue waters of Lago Llanquihue at Volcan Osorno. Then we drove on to Vicente Perez Rosales National Park and it’s most famous sight: the Petrohue Falls Petrohué Falls are not that tall, but they are quick, and powerful. It’s easy to see why people take hundreds of photos of the falls flowing… View Post
