Thursday, March 18, 2010

Guano, anyone?

Ballestas Island, Peru

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Guess how we knew we were getting close to the islands... No, it's not because we started catching a glimpse of the islands... It was because of the smell (of all the bird poop on the islands!)! The smell of money they said... hehehe! Do you see the white stuff on the islands? Those are bird poop, or guano, which they say they collect and sells for a pretty sum! Well, the islands are still pretty cool despite the smell because of how many birds/sea lions, etc there is! The birds look like mosquitoes from afar, they are that many!!! Look at the sea lions too! There's plenty of them there and very playful!

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This has got to be my favorite there on the islands... The humboldt penguins! Very cute, don't you think so too? =) (Although, I think we only saw them on some of the islands... I wonder why? Hmm...)

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