Besides the fishing, I thought some of you might be interested in some other things I saw.
My first stop in Peru was the capital city of Lima. This was where my wife was born and raised. Many parts are much like good old New York City, USA. However many parts are much different, especially as you get on the outskirts of the city. Here's a link to a report of mine from 2005, which includes a lot about Lima:
If you've never been to a 3rd world country, you owe it to yourself to go sometime. It really helps put things in perspective about things we may take for granted here. And on the other hand, it makes you think about the material things we cherish or strive to own to gain happiness. It sort of reminds me of this good one: http://www.lifestorywriting.com/morefish.htm
While in Lima, I visited a zoo and was surprised to find this species we have here in CT.
After spending a few days in Lima, we took a 3-1/2 hour drive south to check out the Ballestas Islands (sometimes called the little Galapagos Islands). These are government protected islands, and home to over 150 bird species and seals. We took a boat tour out to the islands. It was awesome. The boats got right up to the islands and we saw all kinds of great wildlife.
It's hard to capture in pictures just how many hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of birds there are. I've never seen so many birds in my life!
All the specs on the island are birds. If you look at the bottom of this photo, you can see a few hundred seals along the beach…
We saw hundreds of seals...
And, we saw plenty of baby seals. Check out the big adult male in the middle...
Our boat driver was great and got us up close to the action. One of my favorite photos. I was only about 15 feet from this guy...
I've never seen so many seals. They were all screaming and causing quite a commotion. Here's a video which might give you an idea of the sound. It's not the motor you hear but all of the seals grunting and groaning:
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