South America Day 3
Pisco
Mid afternoon we all climbed aboard a small bus and headed south along the coast to Pisco. Fortunately the bus was nothing like the crazy local vans & was near new. The driver wasn't anywhere as nutty as the local cabbies.
We arrived in Pisco just on dusk. We had a bit of a wander around the town for a little while. There was some kind of parade going on. The locals were all very excited.
The recent history of Pisco is somewhat tragic. A year before we were there, an earthquake hit (8 on the Richter scale!) on a Sunday morning. Most of the town were in the church at the time which collapsed killing 200. (Pictured is the new church built since.) most of the town was flattened as well. You have to give credit to the locals who seem incredibly resilient.
We arrived in Pisco just on dusk. We had a bit of a wander around the town for a little while. There was some kind of parade going on. The locals were all very excited.
The recent history of Pisco is somewhat tragic. A year before we were there, an earthquake hit (8 on the Richter scale!) on a Sunday morning. Most of the town were in the church at the time which collapsed killing 200. (Pictured is the new church built since.) most of the town was flattened as well. You have to give credit to the locals who seem incredibly resilient.
