Another good thing about scheduling the Islas Ballestas boat tour for 8 AM is that when you get back to the mainland at 10 AM, you still have plenty of time to go explore the surrounding area.  This is exactly what we did when we set out towards the sprawling but desolate Reserva Nacional de [...]

We arrived back down at the coast last night after a 135 mile and 6 hour drive down the mountains from Huaraz.  It actually isn’t that long of a drive normally, but we stopped several times to take pictures and took our time enjoying the scenery.  The drive was beautiful.  It took us up and [...]