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Ghost Town of Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by mackemlau from Huacachina, Peru
... the entertainment was fairly decent as well until they put on some Peruvian X Factor show which was as entertaining as a scrotum wax. Huacachina is a ghost town. When we came last night there was hardly anyone around and the restaurant we ate at served us ...
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Islas Ballestas and Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by rebecca.tongs from Huacachina, Ica, Peru
... side of a tiny lake. It features on the back of the 50 nuevo soles note in Peru. The sand dunes make Huacachina a popular place to sand board and some of us ventured out in giant dune buggies to go boarding. While we ...
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Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by dhara from Huacachina, Peru
Day Four Arrived in Huacachina, all I can say is AMAZING. Staying in a hostel in a little oasis in the middle of the desert, surrounded by sand dunes... The evening was eventful... Joined a fiesta des sombres (a hat party) after managing to barter a ...
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Huacachina: sand boarding and dune buggies!
A Travel Blog entry by tsargood from Huacachina, Peru
... and is soon sucking up fuel out of the fuel tank to put into ours!! Somehow, we miraculously make it back to Huacachina vaguely in one piece. According to Tim I was the firm winner of the dubious double award of highest speed/best stack of ...
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Peru - Huacachina, Ica, Bellestas, Pisco
A Travel Blog entry by ainekerrigan from Huacachina, Peru
... to Ica. Got off the bus and this random English couple are getting on. Full of the joys of spring and telling us how good Huacachina is. mmmmm. Positive. Then, security guard grabs us, says "you going to Huacachina? Taxi will only be 10 soles. Go. So ...
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Huacachina and Belleste Islands
A Travel Blog entry by courtenay from Huacachina, Peru
... morning we took a taxi to catch the bus to Pisco. In Pisco we were met by the brother of the owner of the hostel we stayed at in Huacachina. We took a bus to Paracas, where our boat left. The ride was sligtly disturbing as the there had been an ...
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Wacked in "Wack-a-cheena" (Huacachina)
A Travel Blog entry by vibesniper from Huacachina, Peru
... . After some chats with tour offices I headed back. In the end I got booked on a sandboarding trip through the hostel. Having already ticked off Huacachina’s sights in about an hour, I hit the wifi again, just relaxing on my holiday; I needed it ...
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Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by cat2222 from Huacachina, Peru
Sunday - There were a few Irish people from the hostel in Arequipa heading for Huacachina so I caught the nightbus from Arequipa to Ica with them. Kevin and Karen caught an earlier bus because there weren't enough seats left on the 9.30pm and myself, ...
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Buggytour duch die Wüste in Huacachina / Ica
A Travel Blog entry by gabelchen from Huacachina, Peru
... Ica an, war mal wieder die einzige, die ausstieg, und fuhr mit dem Taxi in die Oase von Huacachina. Der Taxi brachte mich gleich in ein Hostel, wo ich wieder ein Mehrbett-Zimmer bezog, wo ich aber zum Glück alleine war. Huacachina ist ...
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Paradise (and bad food) in Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by nomad_chad from Huacachina, Peru
... winery is overflowing with visitors who come to partake in the local wine-stomping festival. We arrived in Huacachina around noon or 1pm. The hostel we randomly chose was called Casa de Arena, and it was literally a backpackers paradise. I walked ...
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Arequipa, Huacachina & 'Peru Verdict'
A Travel Blog entry by twig from Huacachina, Peru
... it is also probably responsible for the sheer volume of tourist-focused offerings in most of the places I have been to. Cusco, Arequipa and Huacachina all pander to the outsider, which is a bit of a shame, and I have heard that Puno and Lake Titicaca are ...
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Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by frankandcharlie from Huacachina, Peru
... on a few layers and went out for something to drink ending up in a dodgy looking place on the 'outskirts' of town (in Huacachina the outskirts of town is a minute from the centre) where we met 2 guys from Coventry, Chris and Sandeep. We ...
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Lima to Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by braynbrooks from Huacachina, Peru
... and films in English - luxury compared to the local Lima buses. On arriving in Ica we caught a taxi to Huacachina and chose to stay in the Hostel el Barco because it had a swimming pool which was essential as Huacachina is surrounded by humongous sand ...
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Sandboarding in Huacachina Peru
A Travel Blog entry by josullivan from Huacachina, Peru
... . The place is over run with taxis and mototaxis who love to use their horns to get your attention. Stayed in a basic hostel in Huacachina called salvatierra. The rooms were fairly poor but they had a lovely common area with a decent sized pool. We also ...
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Sandboarding in Huacachina - Peru
A Travel Blog entry by phil-marie2010 from Huacachina, Peru
... in the midst of sand dunes near Ica. Only 5km away Ica and surrounding areas are the traditional source of Pisco brandy. Huacachina has a population of only 115. Huacachina is built around a small natural lake in the desert. Called the "oasis of ...
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Hola from Huacachina!
A Travel Blog entry by lisatsen from Huacachina, Peru
... with our little Spanish was helpful as well (though Eva did a great job practicing her Spanish!). Angleo mentioned that the taxi to Huacachina should be no more than 5 Soles so make sure of that when and if you go. The ride to Huacachina took about 5 ...
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Ica - Huacachina
A Travel Blog entry by thom_rm from Huacachina, Peru
... mediodía, nos recogió por la posada, un buggi que nos llevo a las soleadas dunas que se encuentran alrededor de Huacachina. En total fueron 2 hs. a pura adrenalina, recorrimos a 90 km x hs las interminables dunas para terminar haciendo sunbording. ...
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Huacachina - Sandboarding
A Travel Blog entry by hilmarogsigrun from Huacachina, Peru
... í djúpu laugina og prófaði alvöru sandboarding. Batt á sig brettið og tók svigið niður á fullu spani. Þessir dagar í Huacachina einkenndust af algjörri snilld! Endalaus gleði og gaman og héldum við því sátt þaðan á næsta ...
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