![]() ![]() While I would love to tell you that TK’s Surf and Turf is some big secret – it’s not. Your hand will be too busy stuffing another bite into your dumbstruck mouth. ‘OMG’ and ‘More, please’ is about all you will be able to say. ![]() These are the most incredible burst of flavor your tastebuds can experience. After his first taste of the tantalizing, seasoned steak, he was only able to utter, “OMG!” over and over between bites. ![]() My son was visiting, so I had to take him down to try this new discovery. I liked it so much I have now returned three times, bringing my family with me on this last trip. What I discovered is there is nothing like this black-owned eatery - anywhere. What I didn’t know was this wasn’t just any ordinary restaurant. I have gotten comfortable in my house, and venturing down to the big city anymore seems like a lot of work. When my new friend and Social Equity Consultant, MiDian Holmes of 8PM Consulting asked me to join her where I-225 and Havana meet, I groaned a little. I also don’t normally use lingo like #FIRE, but damn, TK’s Surf and Turf is worthy of both, #FIRE and driving from Erie, a good 45-50 minutes away. I don’t normally write our cuisine section, but I also don’t normally drive from Erie to Aurora for a restaurant. Jose Antonio Padilla, known to many of our clients for his expert guidance in Peru and Bolivia, will lead this exciting new tour.UPDATE: Correction TikTok Video received over 1.6M views, of which 1M were in 24 hours. During a morning excursion to the islands we will hope to see Humboldt Penguin, Chilean Skua, Peruvian Tern and the beautiful Inca Tern, as well as up to four gull species, Peruvian and Blue-footed Boobies, Peruvian Diving-petrel and the resident sea lion colony. Pelagic birds nest on the offshore islands in such impressive numbers that their nitrogen-rich droppings (guano) collect in quantities large enough to be commercially exploited for fertiliser. We next drive back down the central Andean highway to Lima before turning south to the Reserva Nacional de Paracas, the most important wildlife sanctuary on the Peruvian coast. Dark-winged Miner and Junin Canastero are two further target endemics, along with more widespread birds such as Streak-throated Canastero, Plain-breasted Earthcreeper and White-winged Diuca-finches. We then continue our journey, driving 100 miles east of Lima to the desolate, windswept páramo at Marcapomacocha, where we’ll wrap up warmly to scour these high-altitude cushion plant bogs for two charismatic species: the endemic White-bellied Cinclodes and the beautifully patterned Diademed Sandpiperplover. Higher still, we will explore patches of threatened Polylepis forest at sunrise in search of the beautiful endemic White-cheeked Cotinga. Tall stands of introduced Eucalyptus trees often hold the diminutive Peruvian Pygmy-owl and, if the weather is favourable, Andean Condor may take to the air. Here we will search for several highly-prized endemics including Rufous-breasted Warblingfinch, Bronze-tailed Comet, Black-necked Woodpecker, Great Inca-finch, Thick-billed Miner and Rusty-bellied Brush-finch. We next drive east along the spectacular Santa Eulalia road, which takes us up into the rugged Andean foothills high above Lima. Here we will search for Great Grebe, Many-coloured Rush Tyrant, ducks, herons, waders and Peruvian Thick-knee in and around Lima’s coastal lagoons and marshes. Led by expert Peruvian birding guide well known to NaturetrekĪfter arriving in Lima (on BA’s new direct flight from London Gatwick), we begin our holiday on Peru’s expansive Pacific seaboard, under the southern hemisphere’s bright blue summer skies.Enjoy the Ballestas Islands spectacle – thousands of Southern Sea Lions.Endemic White-cheeked Cotinga in Polylepis.White-bellied Cinclodes & Diademed Sandpiper-plover in high-altitude bogs.Rufous-breasted Warbling Finch & Great Inca Finch among west-slope endemics.Look for Many-coloured Rush-Tyrant & Peruvian Thick-knee near Lima. ![]() We then explore the high-altitude páramo before travelling south to the Reserva Nacional de Paracas where we’ll go in search of pelagic birds including gulls, boobies, penguins and skuas as well as the resident sea lions. Next, we drive east into the rugged Andean foothills in search of highly prized arid west-slope endemics including Bronze-tailed Comet and Rusty-bellied Brush-finch. Beginning on the Pacific seaboard, we will search around coastal lagoons, scrub and marshes near Lima for species such as Great Grebe. This is an exciting birding holiday to Peru with direct BA flights to Lima and involving no domestic flights! During the 10-day tour we’ll make a thorough, ‘endemic-strewn’ exploration of Peru’s western Andean slopes and Humboldt Current ecosystem in search of a host of interesting species. ![]()
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