So we opted for a lovely taxi driver who took us two see two of the Nazca lines. He drove us out of the town and to an observation tower where we we able to see the lines from a height. The lines were impressive and visually interesting, especially the mystery behind why they were there, but anything extra (like the museum we got taken to and a few extra hills) were pointless. The Nazca lines weren't too different to what you'd see on google. We were glad we only planned to stay for a half day, and after an overnight bus and a pretty boiling hot day, we were ready to move on.
The next stop was Huchachina, a small town/village in the middle of sand dunes, where we would spend the next few days. The places was tiny, tranquil and entirely surrounded by mountains of sand. Sand we were later going to sandboard. We settled here for a few nights, taking part in a morning wine/pisco tasting, which was probably not the best time of day to drink and resulted in 3 bottles now wrapped and stuffed in our backpacks and also the main highlight there, the sandboarding. Sandboarding is basically surf boards on sand going down big hills.. and it was awesome! The trip started in sand buggy's, which, in parts was pretty terrifying, with the driver finding it hilarious whenever he'd take sharp turns down sand hills making all the girls (and sometimes Josh) scream. And somehow, we'd happened to be in the front seat. We sandboarded various hills, speeding down and once Josh did a spectular K.O, flipping off his board with them both rolling down the hill at some pace. A few sand burns and cuts later, we watched the sunset at the top of the sand dunes and that was Huchachina.
Almost at the end of our time in Peru, we then went to Paracas, a national park reserve where we took a boat out to an island full of various sealife. We saw seals, penguins and lots of birds that helped make up the island, which was around 75% bird poop built up over the years. We weren't aloud to get off the boat which we were a little relieved at knowing it would just be a whole lot of dodging bird poop, and spent the afternoon watching seals fighting and flopping each other into the sea, which was somewhat like the game in Gladiators. That night we stayed in of out favourite hostels of the trip, mostly because it had a swimming pool, and had around 2 pounds of fresh calamari, before heading off to our last Peruvian stop, Lima.
Almost at the end of our time in Peru, we then went to Paracas, a national park reserve where we took a boat out to an island full of various sealife. We saw seals, penguins and lots of birds that helped make up the island, which was around 75% bird poop built up over the years. We weren't aloud to get off the boat which we were a little relieved at knowing it would just be a whole lot of dodging bird poop, and spent the afternoon watching seals fighting and flopping each other into the sea, which was somewhat like the game in Gladiators. That night we stayed in of out favourite hostels of the trip, mostly because it had a swimming pool, and had around 2 pounds of fresh calamari, before heading off to our last Peruvian stop, Lima.
Lima was a fairly busy place, but we didn't really have anything planned to do. We missed a beer tasting event at our hostel, so ended up paying a ridiculous amount to try a bottle of their 'hostel homebrew' which was horrendous. We then moved hostels and after a night of flip-cup-beer-pong (yup, they combined both games) we had an early start for a surf lesson.. my very first one. Trying not to throw up in the van, we were told that the water was 'pretty cold' today and the waves wouldn't be too great, which was just what we wanted to know when we'd rather have our heads in a freezer. But it turned out pretty well, with me catching a wave on my first lesson and Josh just brushing up on practise. It wasn't helping that our instructor was telling us to 'be the wave' or 'be at one with the ocean'. Just tell me where to put my feet so I can actually stand up, mate.
There wasn't too much to say about Lima, as we didn't visit anything really related to the place, more just took part in activities we could do anywhere else. We did however go to a water fountain park, where they had around 30 different fountains- some shows, some interactive and some.. just well.. water to watch. It was basically a night of 'can I run fast enough away before this fountain shoots water at me'. I won. Georgie 0, Josh 1.
Next stop, spanish school.
There wasn't too much to say about Lima, as we didn't visit anything really related to the place, more just took part in activities we could do anywhere else. We did however go to a water fountain park, where they had around 30 different fountains- some shows, some interactive and some.. just well.. water to watch. It was basically a night of 'can I run fast enough away before this fountain shoots water at me'. I won. Georgie 0, Josh 1.
Next stop, spanish school.
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