Real Hotel Ica
Av. Los Maestros S/N Ica, Peru
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Desert Oasis? Yes, please.
... in Buenos Aires who is going to be travelling Peru while were in Buenos Aires, but already offered Emily and I to stay in her apartment while we´re in Buenos Aires! So generous. Ivan, who is visiting Lima but lives in B.A: and Renzo, who is from Lima. I wasn´t expecting a big party night since Emily and I were hoping to go to the bus station early the next morning and figure out the next portion of our trip...but the drinks ...
Sand Dunes Baby ....yea
... first dune wasnt so big and more to get use to going down. The second was much higher and the third was soo high the people at the bottom looked like ants. On the 3rd on a girl crashed into another boarder and grazed all her arm ...... not a pretty site even though we were all laughing at the top when it happened ! lol
Anyway we had another drive around to a look out point to watch ...
An oasis surrounded by gigantic sand dunes
... on snowboard boots (way too hot for that) we got onto a 11 person dunebuggy and off we went. Once over the first sand dune all felt like you were in the middle of the desert (which essentially we were). It was amazing, I have never seen dunes this huge before. The great thing about this trip was that you were picked up at the bottom of the dune after boarding down it, and then driven to an even bigger one. Sandboarding is very slow, so i decided to ...
Wine tour in a desert oasis, COUNT US IN!
... br> Fun Facts:
-Pisco pure: the locals believe it tastes best when drank alone. even without ice. tough guys!
-Wine: is fermented in clay pots instead of oak barrels. this was a new style for us to see.
-Rain: we were told that it NEVER rains in Ica. NOT EVEN A LITTLE SPRINKLE! say what?! that is CRAZY talk and i am not sure that i believe it.
-FLIES: there are a THOUSAND flies everywhere. grr. ...
Ica & Huacachina
... snelheid de duinen naar boven te rijden, om dan voorzichtig over de rand te duiken en terug verder te racen. Na een kwartiertje stopte hij bovenaan een duin voor onze eerste sandboard ervaring. We legden ons op onze buik op een plank, en met het hoofd eerst schoven we razendsnel naar beneden. Als we allemaal beneden waren werden we terug opgepikt door de buggy om naar een hogere duin te rijden. Na een vijftal steeds hogere heuvels, stopten we nog een laatste keer ...


