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 main street 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. Walking down Baquedano Street I had a feeling I was on stage set of a… 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. We drove to the top of the town to see the Third Millennium Cross. It towers over the city at 272 feet tall, and 131 feet wide. This concrete cross located at the top… 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 on our tour was a lookout spot over the blue waters of Lago Llanquihue with Volcan Osorno in the distance. 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 were quick and powerful. It’s easy to see why people take… View Post
