Final preparations just taking place for our big trip. The house is looking, er like our usual house! Lots of work for us tomorrow, and the next day and probably even the morning of the 2nd January. Oh geez we really do have so much stuff 😖. I’m sure an awful lot of stuff we are packing up will go straight in the bin on our return 😂. So how are we feeling: sad to be saying goodbye for now to everyone that we love to be with ❤️, and also excited / apprehensive about what is to come. We don’t quite know what to expect or even where we are going, but we are very much looking forward to the adventure that lays ahead…. What an absolute miracle that this technophobe has worked out how to set this up 😂
Our next stop is just a few miles down the coast to a gorgeous little fishing village called Puerto Angel. We arrive at our accommodation to be welcomed by the owners with open arms into their little home. The house looks like a little ramshackle of a place, but like a lot of homes in Mexico, as soon as you go through the ramshackle, what lies behind is a gorgeous home. Much to my delight they have a washing machine, and much to the boys delight, the owner is a hairdresser! When my head is turned, Seb manages to grab himself a ‘skin-fade’😳. Good job we are in Mexico and it will grow soon!! Not only do the owners welcome us with open arms, they look after us. They are instantly so kind, clearly recognising we need some TLC after the not-so-nice campsite! They lend us their snorkels, masks and boogie-board, and take us on a little tour of the village including a little trot to one of the local beaches. OMG it’s beautiful. Unlike the recent beaches that we have visited, this beach is com...
A quick trip to a beachside town, Paracas, before heading to Lima, our final stop. Paracas is known as the ‘poor man’s Galapagos’ which is what enticed us to the area. Our love and appreciation for nature has definitely grown during our trip, and we couldn’t miss an opportunity to see the local sea life. We did succumb to a tourist boat to reach the ‘Islas de la Ballestas’ as we had mo choice but to take a tour with this one, so off we went with the American OAPS to observe the humboldt penguin, sea lions, chilean flamingo, inca turns, Peruvian pelicans, black skimmer, red-legged cormorants, blue footed boobies ☺️. And what a damn fine trip it was, which I think the OAPs filmed the entire trip, poor grandchildren 🤣. The nature spotting was fantastic and definitely worth the trip but sadly, after the mass mortality of many birds and sea lions back in 2023 due to bird-flu, the reserve was much depleted. We then visited the Paracas nature reserve, an enormous ...
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