The week of Free Travel:
After two weeks, we left Arequipa last Saturday. We had an excellent time in the city, learning Spanish, talking with our homestay families, and enjoying our first stop in Peru. But eventually, it was time to go.
This time around, we travelled in (relative) style, chilling on the top floor of a double decker bus.
After ten hours (mas o menos) of bus travel, we arrived in the coastal town of Paracas! We spent the first day relaxing, which included everything from chilling in the hostel:
To walking around town:
The next day we took a couple of tours in the area. First we took a boat ride to some islands out in the bay:
Here we were greeted by the local wildlife:
Some of whom were loving the attention: 
The group definitely approved of this trip.
Next we took a bus out to the desert, where we walked around for a while.
According to our guide, the whole area was originally underwater before tectonic activity raised the land out of the sea. He showed us the fossils to prove it!
We then walked around and saw more of the area:
Next we stopped by a small community for lunch.
But finally we left Paracas, and arrived in our current location of Huacachina. But that’s a blog post for another time.
