Ica/Huacacina, Peru

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The aussies and I took an afternoon bus to Ica, Peru. I was need to see how different the country side of Peru can be. It is pretty desilate from Lima to Ica. It is a desert region here. The driest desert in the world. We got to Ica in the evening as the sun was setting and shared a taxi to Huacacina with our Israeli friends we met on the bus. Huacacina is an oasis in the desert with a lagoon in the center and surrounded by tall sand dunes and desert as far as you can see. It is the first time I have seen anything like this and is absolutely breath taking.

The morning afer we arrived David and I desided o hike up the dunes ourselves for a pre-dunebuggy trip slide down the dunes on sandboards. It is by far not easy to hike up a sand dune and can see how people who get lost in the desert... die. Afterwards we went together with Rachael on a buggy tour that takes you for a spin on the dunes, drops you off at the top and picks you up at the bottom. Definately easier than walking them. Come to find out, It is more fun and faster to lay down on the board and go down head first. You can really get some speed!

We didn´t stay long there as ther is not much to do in Huacacina except for sandboarding and spending money. Being that we left for Nazca after two days in Huacacina.