Good morning, travelers! My original plan was to be in Lima for three days, but I changed it a little bit,
because I really want to see the mysterious Nazca Lines.
As a lonely traveler, it was a little difficult to find a tour operator that would quickly take me to the Nazca Lines,
and it was very complicated. So, I found the business "Be Peru",
which is a boutique agency that helped me organize these two days, my trip to the Nazca Lines,
among many other things I'll get to know, so I am very happy.
I leave Lima to Paracas, seeing some spectacular landscapes of the desert near the shore,
and I make a stop in Chincha to see the vineyards and how the famous pisco is prepared.
I'll show you Marlene, who will be my guide for the next two days.
Say hi!
Hello, how are you? Welcome to Chincha.
She is Marlene, and we're gonna see how the pisco is made.
This is my outfit to visit the cellars.
It looks like I just came from an ice cream place.
Let's go.
The process of making pisco may interest the wine lovers.
The time that I traveled was not the best for visits,
but knowing the process of this famous drink prepared me for a good tasting session.
The campaign begins here inthe "Viñas de Oro" cellars, from February until the first week of June.
That's where the juice from the grapes is burned. It boils. We distill it.
The Spanish brought the grapes to Peru, but they did not allow the production of wine,
because then they would not be able to bring wine from Spain.
Because of that, they invented pisco.
It's a distilled of grapes.
It has 42% or 41% of alcohol.
It's pretty strong, right? 41%.
Cheers, travelers.
Cheers.
It's good, huh?
I think I'm destined to get drunk every day of my visit in Peru.
We're arriving at "Distrito del Carmen", and there's a party.
The anniversary of the district.
There's a parade, and the authorities are there, and there's some party. It feels like it.
Let's look around.
Marlene takes me to this district to meet a family full of art.
The Ballumbrosio family.
Our family, "Ballumbrosio, Guadalupe" is recognizeable in the world for the cultural input that my dad gave Peru.
Since he was five, his mother urged him to offer his life to the caring of the Virgin of Carmen, our town's virgin.
My dad got the responsibility to shoe around in the Easter parties.
Lucía explains to me in detail the tradition of the Peruan tap dancing, the different instrument used in dances,
the different countries that have visited their art,
When we finally went to Mexico, to Colombia, and Panama, is when we knew the "palenque"
of the Ballumbrosio family.
That's where we showed  the manifestation of the of the "Danza de los negritos".
My favorite time of day: lunchtime.
I'm in the most famous restaurant around the area: "El Refugio de Mamainé",
to taste the delicious creole cuisine.
I started with a "tamal", a Chinchainan one made of pork, which was delicious.
Now's the time to taste "Carapulcra".
It's a stew made of potatoes and pork,
as well as the famous dry soup, which is a dry pasta. Bon appetite.
This is "Huacachina", the last of the seven natural lagoons here in the Ica region.
Now, this oasis is very popular with the backpackers who come to hang around the lagoon,
or to climb its enormous dunes to see a spectacular sunset.
Although there is still a motorized option, which is what I chose.
Legend says that the lagoon was formed after a princess called "Huacachina" got naked under a tree,
when she discovered by a mirror a hunter staring at her in secret.
When fleeing, the cloth that embraced her became the dunes, and her mirror the lagoon.
She became a mermaid, and it is said that at night, you can still hear her sing.
Huacachina was one of the places that surprised me the most in my trip to Peru.
The place is impressive, on top of calm.
Watching the sunset in the desert was an unforgettable experience.
Just look at this, whoo!
This place is so impressive. It is beautiful.
I made it!
I arrive at Paracas full of sand, with messy hair, tired, but very happy.
This is the Double Tree resort by Hilton. They gave me a suite in front of the ocean.
This room is huge.
The livingroom at the entrance.
The bathroom, which makes me really happy because it has a tub!
And just look at my room.
I'll have some delicious dinner in the restaurant,
and rest a little because I am wrecked, and tomorrow is a very active day.
But, before that, mattress test.
Excuse me.
Next episode:
...in a plane, and fly over the Nazca lines.
The flight does move a lot.
Alanxelmundo!
