Hospedaje Del Barco

... retrofitted yet, so, while clean, the decor was dated. Still, it was a BIRD-FREE ZONE! We decided to move, since Hospedaje del Barco ("hostel of the ship"?) was the same price for a much better environment. This hostel had a cool restaurant/bar area, ...

... old man driving played Tango music full blast the whole way! It was very bizarre. We were recommended to stay at the Hospedadje Del Barco, which was great, right on the oasis. We booked in for the buggy/sandboarding trip through the hostel for the next ...

... autobus para agarrar el barquito que nos cruzaba al otro lado del lago, un compañero Peruano saco su melodica y se puso a tocar a ritmo del barco. Me parecio muy chistoso asi que le tuve que hablar, y asi estuvimos juntos el primer día. El era músico y ...

... between the coast and the mountains. The oasis is surrounded by huge sand dunes - the reason for our visit. We were staying at El Barco hostel which runs dune buggy and sand boarding trips into the sand dunes. After a brief rest we set off at 4.30 in ...

Arrived in Huacachina and checked into El Barco Hostel. We had a double room rather than a dorm but this time had a shared bathroom. Room was clean and had a wardrobe in it big enough to live in! Our rooms unfortunately looked out onto the pool and the ...

... second shock. Peru is so much cheaper than Chile. I had a two course lunch for about one pound.  I had booked with Cruz del Sur on the recommendation of someone else would had passed through Peru and I would like to say thanks. It really is very ...

... y de ahí tres horitas mas en otra lancha para el Castillo a través del río San Juan, al principio no había tickets para el barco pero ya se sabe que antes se hunde el barco que la compañía deje de ingresar dinero, en el viaje el grupo de viajeros ...

... du Chilote ! ___________________________________ En principio no ibamos a visitar esta preciosa isla ya que habiamos reservado un barco para bajar desde Puerto Montt a Puerto Natales en una travesia que duraba 4 dias y recorria los fiordos y ...

... me pidió que me afeitara y me cortara el cabello. Le dije que no, que eso significaba mi libertad, que por un hospedaje no podía vender mi dignidad. Tal venta de dignidad me había hecho entristecer; había visto a hombres que por asegurarse un techo y ...

... Tortuga Negra, usted podrá conocer la tortuga verde de mar de Galapagos, que realmente son verdes y no negras como el nombre lo dice. Regreso a Baltra a tiempo para tomar el vuelo para Ecuador. Trasládo del aeropuerto a hotel y hospedaje en Quito. ...

I haven´t been very active on the blog lately... Ah well, I needed a little break. The last time I wrote, we were in Lima... Ah right, that reminds me of a bad episode since I got my camera stolen on the Lima-Pisco bus: Shit happens. I am now using ...

Sweet warm sun rays!! since we flew out of Cairns australia and into New Zealand we had not felt temperutres above 15 ºC. That was a solid month of us freezing and soaking from rain the majority of the time. As our bus arrived in Ica, about 5 ...

We arrived early doors in Ica and after dodging a dodgy taxi we found our way to Huacachina- a little Oasis! A handful of hostels and restaurants surround a dirty looking Lagoon and the whole place is surrounded by huge sand dunes! We booked ourselves in ...

Mike and I discussed a sandboarding trip six months ago, but at the time we were too geared up to trek in Peru and Bolivia.  We then settled on saving our sandboarding hiatus for the final excursion of our trip.  Outside of Lima is a town in ...