After the Paracas national reserve yesterday, I took a bus to Ica because I heard it´s practically a crime here to leave the southern Peruvian coast without going sandboarding and dunebuggying in the desert near Ica. I´ve been obsessively safe about the places I stay on this trip because I´m a 25-year-old female travelling alone in a country whe...

Desperately trying to maximize my rapidly numbered days in Peru, I took another night bus, my 3rd in 4 days, to Nazca. Granted, I'm going high class all the way, Cruz del Sur, which has the most pimped-out buses that beats an economy-class flight any day. Plush seats that recline all the way back, DVDs, snack service, and of course valium (sold ...

Hola, So, after our wintery island trip, we made it out of there and got on another bus and arrived in this amazing oasis of a place. The wee town is surrounded by rolling massive sand dunes and was roasting hot! Our hotel had a swimming pool and everything, we were so pleased to feel warm again!! We even ended up in bikinis!

I´m back on the road after a welcome respite in Lima, feeling recharged and ready to tackle more small dusty desert towns. On May 30 I took a bus down to Pisco, known for its strong brandy used in Pisco Sours. The cab drivers here were some of the pushiest I´ve met, trying very hard to persuade me and some other travelers to stay at a different ...

After refreshing in Lima with a nice grande coffee frappuchino, we made our way 4 hours south of Lima to a place called Ica. Ica is a city surrounded by huge sand dunes in kind of a desert area. The nice place to stay is not in the city of Ica, but in a very small area around a lake called Huacachina. Huacachina basically has two hostels, one ho...

We moved further North to a town called Ica, were we saw one of the most famous Peruvian Oasis in Haucachina, just west of Ica, which was really pretty. It was also at the same time very strange to be sitting having breakfast literally on the oasis. Bizarre but nice :-) There´s not too much to see here apart from this, so we have decided to head...

We arrived to Ica after a 16 hour drive in the bus- the entire road was on the Andi`s mountains (which are really high), it was a very difficult drive. On Wednesday morning we arrived to Ica from there we took a taxi to Mocachina, a place with big huge dunes. We went to hostel Casa Arena 2 where there was a pool and ARSALIM :) On Wednesday Ofer ...

As much as i like Peru i think it been hit with the tourist virus really bad!! Everything is catered for the tourist, even some tours i went on in small towns the folks put on shows they have done a million times and obvioulsy not enjoying themselves! unfortunate....... One tourist attraction not be missed though is the Sand dune buggy riding an...

It may not be the most famous place on earth for wine, but it is certainly proud of its vinyards. Ica is a place that you can take a cab from vinyard to vinyard sampling wine and the famous potent potable Pisco. We hired a cab to drive us around for the day taking us to see the sights at a very reasonable rate.  He doesn't give you a private tou...

We left Lima yesterday after seeing the museo de La Nacion which was a good overview of all the different cultures in Peru. Then we jumped on a nice bus that drove us to Ica, a town about 300 km south of Lima. The trip was supposed to last about 3 hours but 5 hours and multiple stops to let all kinds of street vendors get on later, we finally ar...