Sea Lions and Penguins and Pelicans OH MY!!!!!!

Feb 27

Pisco, Peru

I felt like I was on an animal planet show called The Birds. If they don’t have a show like that, then they should go to Peru’s Galapagos Islands and take a look at the millions of species of birds living there. I was lucky enough to go on this tour for free since I went with the passengers and was an escort. It was much easier this time since all we did was get on and off the boat….(no counting or losing old people haha)  We all got onto this boat right off the ship and traveled to this incredible island. I have never seen so many birds, or sea lions. The entire island was white….(I think you can guess why haha) Didn’t smell so great! But there were penguins, pelicans, Peruvian boobies (yes, that’s a bird) and many native birds I can’t remember the name of. But it was filled! Not a section on the island without something on it. It was also kind of eerie because it was cloudy and there were birds swarming everywhere! I felt like I was going to get attacked at points and I am so shocked I didn’t get pooped on! Phew! The coolest thing I would have to say that we saw was the colony of sea lions! There were babies, females and full grown HUGE males! It was so loud! They were all shouting and moaning. It was really quite the experience. After getting soaked on the way back on the speedboat, I met up with a few crew to explore the area for the rest of the day. Right off the boat, you would not think that there would be any sort of civilization around. It looked like I was on the road to Vegas. But drive 30 minutes and there was a happening beach town. It was very cute, but I did not have much time to explore. So we just sat down and soaked in the weather with a few drinks and friends. It was a great day.