Salaverry, Peru

We had an early arrival at 7 am into Salaverry, our first port in Peru.  On our approach to the harbor we encountered a large swell and the ship really rocked from side to side and it caused some dishes to crash to the floor in the La Veranda restaurant where we were eating breakfast.  There are thousands of sea birds everywhere with a huge number of pelicans.  There were hundreds of pelicans sitting on a large pipe from a dredge that was in the lagoon next to where we were docked and when the dredge started operating the pelicans all took off!

Pelicans on the dredge pipe. There are also pelicans on the rocks in the background that line the shore.

Close up of the pelicans

Salaverry serves as the port for Peru's second largeset city, Trujillo.  This was the first city established by the Spanish in the 1600's.  We took a tour that went to the main square where we visited Colonial houses.  At the final home were were given "Pisco Sours" and some snacks.

The main square

Pottery artifacts in one of the colonial houses

Most of this area appears to be very poor with many people living in shacks made of plywood and cardboard or woven plant material.

We had dinner in Signature's restaurant with the other four members of our trivia team.

Our trivia team in action in the Horizon Lounge