Pucusana and Embajadores Beach

Easter weekend in Peru includes Thursday and Friday off for bank holidays, so that means we had to think of something to do which would be fun for all of us not just the children or the adults. Thanks to a suggestion from our good friends David and Naomi, we (our household today is us, Allison, Allison's Mum, Robin, Peck, and Cat) headed 50 minutes south to the fishing village of Pucusana with promises of good food, native wildlife, a boat trip, some fishing and a blow hole (WHAT?! You may ask - that is what I said too...more later).
On arrival we hired a little boat to take us around the bay.

Allison and Cat at the start of our trip

Joel was a bit nervous about getting on the boat and kept asking to go to the supermarket, (we don't know why!) but seemed to enjoy himself after a while.

Daniel was very excited about the idea of fishing and kept looking for the fish in the water.

This is the wildlife we saw...

PelicansSea Lion sunning himself
We then anchored up and all got given lines with bait to do some fishing which was really good fun. Most of us managed to catch something. Daniel proudly caught not just a fish, but also some seaweed!Mark managed to catch one just as we were finishing. "We can go now!" Robin, Allison's mum said it was more fish bait than fish, but Mark was happy none the less!

Allison was the pro, and showing her talents after much experience fishing with her Dad managed to reel in the most and the largest. Mine just kept getting away with the bait!

All of our catches

We then had lunch in a little restaurant opposite the 'blow hole' - a big hole in the rock where waves splashed out as seen below: (From http://www.pucusanaperu.com/turismo.html)

After a very yummy lunch (but the waiting staff obviously not able to cope with the influx of Easter week visitors!) we got back into the car and stopped at Embajadores beach, which is our favourite beach in Lima because it is great for the kids. It has a roped-off area for swimming, and calm waves they can paddle in. When the tide comes up the whole beach disappears, so the beach was pretty empty because the tide was just beginning to go out again. Daniel loved paddling in the sea 'Come on, everyone - this is so much fun!' he kept shouting! Joel liked getting wet but was much more cautious of the waves.

Peck and Daniel examine the waves On the way home, Daniel talked about the fishing whilst Joel asked if we were going to the supermarket. "No, Joel. We are going home - it is nearly your bedtime!"
They fell asleep quickly tonight.