Sand boarding in the desert oasis.
Trip Start
May 01, 2010
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Trip End
Oct 15, 2010
Huacachina, Ica, Peru
Sunday, September 26, 2010
We checked into the cheapest hotel with a pool that we could find, it was so hot outside at midday that the room was a nice cool sactuary. Jamie was not very well, so he stayed in bed whilst I went to find some lunch and explore the two street village. We lived on chicken sandwiches for the 5 days we were there as they were the cheapest thing to eat, everything else was double! I did try ceviche which was interesting...fish, squid, octopus and a couple ofother things drowned in a lime and chille juice. Interesting, as I said! We have been looking for another affordable ceviche dish since so that I can eat and hopefully like it some more!
We spent a few days chilling by our pool- which was too dirty to swim in unfortunately, and staying up late watching movies on the lap top to avoid listening to the deafening music outside of our bedroom window. Finally, Jamie started to feel better so we booked onto a sandboarding trip into the sand dunes. They take out out on a basic dune buggy, driven by maniacs but it certainly made Jamie feel better. They drive up what look like cliff faces of sand, and then plummet down the other side at a bone rattling pace of speed until they hit the bottom, bounce around a bit nd start climbing again. I found it terrifying, but Jamie liked it!
When we did stop for breaks, the driver kitted us up with a snow board designed for riding the sand dunes and pushed us head first on our bellies down the steep mountains! It was good fun but our pants were full of sand at the end of it!
I was pretty glad when it was over as my bum was started in bruise like a peach from the dune buggies, but Jamie laughed like a baby all the way through- definitely his cup of tea!
