Sand. And wind! Couldn't feel the heat because of it. And the sand whipped our skin. Paracas means "sand rain" (in Quetchua I think) and we understood why...

Typical Paracas vulture

Waiting around, circling and waiting, for a dead bird or sea lion to be ready for eating

Let's just do a quick flash back to Paracas

The national park was pure desert and sand, and ocean. And salt and fossils. Stunning beauty and light.

We got a new camera

Basic little Lumix - but we just couldn't do the last 2 1/2 months without taking pictures... and the old one we borrowed (with old fashioned films inside) just wouldn't do

Tara loves it and is taking many of the pictures

le soir on joue au foot

...à notre manière

tara sur le toit

de l'alliance francaise, avec le volcan (6200m.) derrière

noam et ses poulpes

pas faire de jaloux