Hostal Valderrama
Travel Blogs from Ica
Lovely lagoon oasis in the middle of the desert
... Better relax by the lovely swimming pool. Today we might go on a little rowing boat on the lagoon. Lots of people from Lima come here over the weekend but during the week it`s mainly foreign backpackers. The place where we are staying has got this lovely *****************ly anybody seem to use it - great! The best place to go for food and big tasty pisco sour is called ...
The craziest day of my life!
... me. Them - "What is the national drink of Australia?" Me - "Well, Australians drink anything. I like wine though" Them - "Ahhh, vino! We have a national Vino too, it's very sweet" Me - Smile politely The secretary then comes over with a shot glass and a tumbler of what looks like water. Them - "This is Pisco, you need to try like this" They pour Pisco from the tumbler into the shot glass and take the shot, hand it around till it gets to me. What the hell, why not!? It's ...
At the oasis
... beetje spreidt zodat je
kan sturen. Wanneer je dan je voeten in het zand steekt, rem je af.
De eerste berg zitten mijn voeten de hele tijd in het zand omdat ik
niet meteen te snel wil gaan. Maar daarna is het pure fun. Aan het
einde van de drie afdalingen zitten mijn schoenen tot aan mijn enkels
vol zand en ook mijn broekzakken zijn goed gevuld. Als afsluiter
rijden we nog door de woestijn totdat we de zonsondergang kunnen zien
en keren terug naar het ...
Huacafukachina
... rather surreal.
We checked into a hotel for 3 days only to be told when we were given the keys that is was in fact for one night. That obviously had nothing to do with the bus load of gringos that pulled up during our checking in then…. Unfazed we headed out into town to get something to eat. At the restaurant our waiter found out we were English and proceeded to banter 'lovely jubily' and stride around like a Cockney. I sometime despair at how ...
The forming of an unlikely friendship
... As the dune buggies raced around the endless sand dunes at excessive speeds, you were constantly in fear of whether or not the car was going to roll. The sand boarding really was eclipsed by how much fun you had in these buggies! To make things even more amusing the driver, whom was a lunatic, looked to be about the same age as my Pop… Now my pop is cool (add him on facebook… Pop Hoskin… to find out for yourself), but even he might have been outdone by this ...
Location
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Kitchenette
- Free parking