These photos are a few days old now. They are from the boat ride to the Ballestas Isands off the coast of Paracas in southern Peru. We tooled around the rocky islands to see birds and such, all of which are endangered or nearly endangered. The birds have found a good home there, though, and they live there amongst the sea lions and penguins, all in perfect harmony. It seems they have been there forever and will be there forever.
The birds poop a lot and all over the place. The rocks are covered in poop. The guide told us that the poop, technically called guano, was harvested in 2004 and again last year. In those seven years, the guano piled up to four feet high in some places. Locals live on the island for a few months during harvesting time to shovel up the guano and ship it away to be used as fertilizer.
The iPhone camera didn't capture very well just how many birds (and bird poop) there were, but you can see the amazing rock formations and evidence of erosion over many, many years.
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