January 14

Hola!

We had the morning free so I walked around in the district Miraflores. Apparently all the tourists come around here as it is pretty safe! It is modern and there are a lot of "occidental" brands (McDo of course, but also Mango, Nine West, Scotia Bank, PaylessShoes, etc).
The Pacific Ocean is 20 minute away from the hotel and the view is amazing! I stayed there, watching eagles fly by and surfers having fun with the waves!

The group ( I have not met any fellow travellers yet as I arrived too late yesterday for the meeting) is meeting in an hour and we are going to drive to Pisco!

Update!
So I have met the group! We are 17 with the guide, from 21 to 60 I'm guessing, from Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and the UK!

We took a 4hour bus to Pisco and then a short shuttle to Paracas, a little town on the coast, where our hotel is.on the road, we saw a lot of oil rigs and refineries; as well as fish flower factories. As you can guess, the smell was awful! For diner, we drove back to Pisco, tasted the Pisco Sour (Pisco is the official drink of the country, the guide Ruben even told us that on the anniversary of the independence of the country, they fill the fountains with Pisco!), walked around in the city ( we saw the place where a cathedral was but then destroyed because of the earthquake and tsunami..) and went to a nightclub for about 30minutes where Ruben showed us some salsa moves!