I should be writing from Nazca today, but after hearing some great stories about Huacachina, a village built around a small natuaral lake in the desert, we decided to change our plans and head to Ica.
Best. Decision. Ever.
We arrived to Bananas hostel to this:
And it turned out we accidentally booked a suite, which was a very happy mistake, so we have been living like rock stars for 2 days!
Travellers are drawn to Huacachina to sand board and dune buggy on the massive sand dunes and we were no exception. It was a once in a lifetime experience I'll never forget, SO much fun!
It was my birthday too so we went out for a few drinks and the guys looked after me with an improvised ice cream cake and a shaky rendition of "feliz cumpleaños a ti"!! It was perfect x
We have been doing a lot of travelling so going to take it easy today and lie out in the sun and maybe take another stroll around the lagoon
(Karen just asked me when we are going to start doing squats in preparation for Machu Picchu, might make that Plan B)
Other bits and pieces:
It is super sunny during the day, but very cold at night time. Wrap up warm chicas!
We did our desert trip at 4pm and we got to see the sunset behind the dunes around 6pm, so that's a good time to do it. But again, as soon as the sun went down it was freezing so bring a fleece or jacket.
Bananas is by far the nicest hostel we have seen here and the food is amazing. We had a BBQ last night and it's the best food we have had so far in SA.
Next stop: Arequipa
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