Thursday, May 8, 2014

07 Mayo 2014

Beach at Paracas bay out in front

Carolyn taking a snooze

Large jelly fish all along the beach.  No swmming for me.  

Birds diving for anchovies

Another one of those jelly fish

Home along water front for sale.  


In boat off of Paracas.  area sticking out into ocean


Ballestas islands

We did not get to go through

Look at all the birds



Penquins


Sea Lions


Lots of sea lions

Fossils

what a view

On Parades


Use to look like this until earthquake knocked it down


Beach where planet of the apes ending filmed with top of statue of liberty on the shore



Red Beach

Carolyn at red beach



Other direction along red beach

Point of paracas




Old lake botton with tons of fossils of snails etc


Pisco River on way to Tumba Colordo old inca ruin at mouth of canyon

Vally with mountains with sand dunes





Inca ruins tumba colorado chicha ruins predated Inca

Tambo Colorado not Tumbo

Families lived here and guarded the entrance to the valley.  1000s were here.  

Entrance to one of the main areas.



Guard let us in

One of the portals more for design

Original colors were bright yellow and red.  Much has been destroyed over the years.  



View through a portal


One of the bathrooms with running water for women

Can still see some of the color


Narrow passage


One of the top stones still in place.  Many knocked down both by earthquakes and well as people


Built of stone and adobe



See the small owl


Another view of the owl.  little fuzzy

good one



View out of ruins

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Wasps in many of these openings

Smile


See the wasps



One of the inca trails

Bus stop in Paracas not too fancy

Another view