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Ica Slideshow
Ica
Travel Blogs from Ica, Peru
Marmite and raw power
... had originally intended to hit the highway. But where to next? The choices were Nazca for the lines and a flight in a light plane, Ica and the Huacachina oasis or straight on to slightly untempting Lima. I decided to give Nazca a miss - very expensive for ...
sandsurfing
Arrived in Ica after a very long bus journey Ica is very hot and a bit dangerous so we got a motor taxi to Huacachina which is a tiny oasis surrounded by sand dunes and a few hotels and restaurants the weather is very hot but all the hotels have pools and ...
Huacachina
Our little oasis in the middle of the desert! Amazing place. Full of backpackers out to have a good time. We went out on the sand buggies huge 4x4`s with roll bars (thankfully we didn`t have to use them though) and man did they go! We sandboarded down ...
A very strange party and sandboarding
... guy who was also couchsurfing with him that night for a few drinks. There we learned of a new cultural quirk in Peru (possibly just in Ica since I have yet to see it elsewhere). They ordered a couple of beers for the table and passed one glass ...
Sand boarding in Huacachina, Ica
... imagined. Nobody speaks English, or they choose not to when they're not asking for money. When leaving Lima i needed to get a bus to Ica and with a load of hand gestures and a few quotes from the phrase book i manage to find myself on a bus. Being high ...
Huacachina
Huacachina, *****, Friday 27th-28th April, 2007...no globalization..Not even a bank in this place An absolutely fabulous little resort town whose landscape is dominated by giant sand dunes and whose restaurants and hotels overlook a murky lagoon. ...
Arequipa > Ica > Lima
... and had immediately loved the place. I had visited many of the surrounding areas and learnt much of the Inca history along modern day Peru. I felt richer for my visit. Taking a Cruis Del Sur bus, which was highly efficient and enforcing of any law, ...
Islas Ballestas and the sand dunes of Huachachina
... the coast about 20km to the town of Paracas where we catch the tour boat out to the Islas Ballestas, which are considered to be Peru's version of the Galapagos´s¨islands. On the way out to the islands the boat stopped at a glyph or drawing on the ...
Bodega tours not the same as Australia
Well we arrived in Ica after a nice bus ride on Cruz Del Sur. Cruz del Sur is one of the best buslines in Peru and we can understand why. They so need these buses in Australia. They are double decker buses with seats that recline back 160 ...
Run Jasper Run
... to finally get rid of the taxi driver who just wanted to party with us until the sun came up. Thursday 3rd June, Day 486 Ica, Peru When I walked around Ica today I remember in every hair ...
ica
... be some islands with a lot of animals on them. as i got there it turned out that due to bad weather the port is closed, so i decided to abort it, because i didnt want to pay for nothing. in ica i met a couple of israelis and together we headed to ...
sand buggying, sand boarding!
We stopped in Ica on our way to Nazca. the place was called Huancachina an oasis in the dessert, with a restuarant and pool but mainly famous for the sand buggying and sand boarding! i was the only one that wanted to do it but oh my god it was fun! SO so ...
Petit périple en amoureux
... heures! Nous sommes ensuite allés à l´oasis de Huacachina, petit îlot de verdure au milieu du désert qui borde Ica. Full of gringos mais chouette : surf sur le sable, dégustation de pisco (la boisson nationale faite à base de raisin), ...
Day 4 - Pre-Incan tombs & Nazca lines
Alan's blog: Thursday - I think. Up early for breakfast and off on two tours. First a visit in the desert to a series of pre-Incan tombs and mummies from the Nazcan civilization. very interesting but a little unsettling to see them where they were buried ...
Awesome Oasis
I arrived in Ica and caught a taxi straight to Huachachina, just 5 minutes out of town. Huachachina is a small town surrounding an oasis in the desert with two giant sand dunes overlooking it. I had a crack at sandboarding with my new friend Sabrina, from ...
My own damn fault.
No photos to add of the Nazca Lines and sand boarding as my camera was stolen today on the bus from Nazca to Ica. It`s only the camera and Ipod that are gone, luckily I still have the important things (passport, money, health).Off to Lima ...
Ica Sandboarding
Ok, the only reason people go to Ica is for the Sandboarding. I made the mistake of hiring the professional board which is basically a snowboard. Going down sand on a snowboard is crap. You can´t turn, its impossible to go fast each attempt is short ...
Back to sea level! Pass me the sun lotion ;)
... vypravili lodi na vylet kolem ostrovu Ballestas, ktere nasim pruvodcem prezdivany ‘Galapagy pro chude’. Tyto ostrovy a tahle cast Peru jsou zname diky divoke zveri a ptakum. Po ceste jsme videli vytestany obrys kaktusu v pisecne hore; ...
HuacaFuckingChina
Autour dun oasis naturel- Sandboarding et Dunebuggy! Bat toutes les montagnes russes a plat de ...
Sol y pileta en Huacachina, luego a Lima otra vez
... , así que me embadurné con el protector solar. Luego del mediodía armamos todo y dejamos la habitación, salimos para el centro de Ica para hacer algunas compras, pasear y luego a la tarde salir para Lima en BUS. EL bus fue PeruBUS, pagamos $23 por el ...
My weekend in the desert
So, I'm not actually still in Ica, this is just a belated post. I've been sick then traveling then recovering, so i haven't had a whole lot of time to blog, just been sleeping and reading after getting back from working with the kids! Who absolutely wear ...
Viaje a Nazca
Despues de un arduo viaje en bus, por todo el desierto Peruano, llegamos a Nazca, a dar un viaje en avión sobrevolando las lineas de Nazca. Mario dejó higado, riñon, y todo lo que se terció en el avion. Las lineas quien sabe cuando, donde y ...