Full Day Paracas

An amazing experience shared with the group of students of Libertador Institute. We departured with the group around 5:30 from Chorrillos. All the students on time and ready to hit the road for a wonderful day at the Paracas bay.

Arrived to Paracas just on time to jump on the boat to departure to Ballestas Islands.

Here are some pictures of  a  hill  on the way to the islands where you can see "El Candelabro" carved on the sand, figure carved just like Nazca Lines. Although the exact age of the" Candelabro" geoglyph is unknown, archaeologists have found pottery around the site dating back to around 200 B.C. This pottery likely belonged to the Paracas people, although whether they were involved in the creation of the geoglyph is not known. The reason for the Candelabro's creation is also unknown, although it is most likely a representation of the trident, a lightning rod of the god Viracocha, who was seen in mythology throughout South America. It has been suggested that the Candelabro was built as a sign to sailors.

The whole tour takes about 2 hours including the time to get to the islands and back.  these islands are an important sanctuary for marine fauna like the guanay guano bird, the blue footed booby and the tendril. Other notable species include Humboldt Penguins and two varieties of seals (fur seals and sea lions), amongst other mammals.

During the visits it is not uncommon for the sea lions to approach the tourist boats and make spectacles for the visiting tourists. The sea lions are also responsible for a unique audio spectacle with their wolf-pack cries that echoes around the Ballestas and creates an effect of a 360 degree surrounding choir.

Right after this amazing experience visiting the Ballestas islands the group had some time off to get some lunch.

As soon as everybody was ready we all departure to the Paracas National Reserve to visit the Interpretation Center. The Interpretation Center explains how the bay used to look like hundreds of hundreds of years ago.

 

We departure from the Interpretation Center to one of the beaches in the reserve called Lagunillas and stop there for some pictures. The group could appreciate how the earthquake of 2007 took some of the boats all the way to the desert.

 

Our next stop "The red Beach" named this way due to the sand's volcanic origin. The sand is no renewable so the visitors are not allowed to take rocks or sand from the beach.

MISTURA FOOD FAIR 2011

Mistura the biggest food fair in South America took place this year in "Parque de la Exposicion" definetly a much bigger place than last year and reaching the expectations received double amount of people than last year. But what's new in Mistura  2011 the "Huariques"area where people could find amazing food from small local restaurants and of course at affordable prices. Another addition to the fair was the "El Gran Bazar"stand where you could find from appliances to  products from the biggest brands in Perú like Alicorp, Nestle and Kraft.

The bakery in the Mistura food fair was a very busy stand due to the delicious varieties of bread found there. Different rolls from every province of Perú.

The Great Market full of local products and exotic fruits. More than 86 varieties of fruits. More than 300 producers from 18 different areas of Perú. 
People that visited the fair could buy products that aren't very common in Lima like: Camu camu, anona, copoazú, hericungo, huasai, inayugo, titomba, pitajaya or aguaje all.

This picture above shows one of the products offered in the Great Market it is mushroom panettone, what basically is a sweet bread with raisins but contains a special ingridient: mushrooms picked from the bottom of the pine trees located in a small community in Lambayeque province called Marayhuaca. Proven to have a high nutritional value because it cointains folic acid, potassium, iron and zinc this product was one the sensations of the fair due to its innovative ingridients and very good taste.

The farmer Wilson Sucaticona was also in the Mistura food fair offering what we all wanted to taste the best organic coffee of the world " El Tunki ". Vissitors could buy a bag of the best organic coffee of the world in its 3 varieties: capuccino, expresso and american for a very affordable price.

Three star restaurant participating in the fair, you could eat a set menu for s/. 25 soles each person. VIP area and you get table service. Good choice for the ones that did not want to queue

Another sensation of the fair was the rustic cuisines, the picture above shows a different way to roast the pig. Chefs just added a bit of salt and place the pigs on this metal trays. The fire is basically cow and wood. Pig cooks in a few hours but the flavor and crunchines makes the wait so worth it.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: PERUVIAN FOOD THE NEXT BIG THING

"Make room Spain and Korea, Peru is having its moment in the gastronomic sun.
Yesterday, a crew of the culinary world's leading lights, including Denmark's René Redzepi, France's Michel Bras and America's Dan Barber began descending on Lima for a star-studded food festival. This week, Spain's Ferran Adrià, the unofficial dean of global haute cuisine, will begin making a documentary film about the food scene there. A huge restaurant from the nation's top celebrity chef will open later this month in Manhattan"
A brief part of the article about peruvian food in the Wall Street Journal definetly peruvian food is becoming more known and interesting for people around the world, it must be because its exotic flavor or mix of different ingredients. Ingridients that also represent what we are as peruvians, a mix , for whatever reason peruvian food is here and it is here to stay.

Next article: Information about the Mistura Food Festival.

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