Day 4: August 23

On the way, they took us to a suspicious restaurant. We drank overpriced, tasteless coffee with bread.

Then they showed us a performance — a horse “danced” to music for a couple of minutes.

Then there was a strange game: we all stood in a circle. In the center of the circle, they let a guinea pig out of a cage, and whoever it ran to was the winner.

They let the guinea pig out several times. The first time, the guinea pig ran to me.

The next time, to Serzhyk. As a gift, I was given a horse ride. And Serzhyk won a ride on a small zipline.

It was a free excursion meant to entertain the guests a little along the way.

At 12 noon we arrived in Paracas. It’s a small town; tourists come here for the National Park and the tour to the Ballestas Islands.

But all of that was waiting for us tomorrow. And today we first went to the hotel, and then went for a walk around the town.

We saw two pelicans. And two more very funny little birds. They ran amusingly by the ocean on their long, thin legs.

In the evening we drank delicious beer in a little restaurant on the terrace with a view of the ocean. And then we went to another café where we ate very tasty pasta with chicken and vegetables.