Sunday, July 8, 2007

Lucky Paula


Second morning in started with a "sporty" (a term used by our local GA charter fishermen and it means the sea was a little rough) boat ride to Ballestas Island which is inhabited by millions of boobies, pelicans, sea lions and Humbolt penquins. We saw all of the advertised birds and smelled all of them too. The locals harvest guano every 6 years and it had been 4 years since the last harvest and the smell was a really strong. Paula took a little of the potential harvest with her. We had been told that it was considered good luck to get "dumped on" by the birds and Paula got the luck.