Huacachina

Not impressed with Arequipa we headed for the coast and a small oasis town called Huacachina (close to Ica). The oasis is known for the sandboarding and sand buggying. Huacachina town surrounds a lagoon and is positioned within huge sand dunes.

It was extremely hot so Rob and I decided it was time to try tan the white pasty bodies (or maybe i should say burn)!

We also found the holy grail of places to eat!!! Somewhere that sold marmite on toast!!! The owner who is british goes back home to get regular supplies, we tried to buy some of her she wouldnt sell. We have missed it so much and needless to say we went back for many rounds.

That night we booked onto a sand buggying and sand boarding tour during sunset. So the next day we joined our group of 8 people and headed to the sand dunes in a metal framed buggy with a tuned up toyota engine which sounded great! Seat belts were supplied but if we were in the UK full body protection would be required!!

As we sped into the dunes we began to realise that our driver was a bit of boy racer, we literally flew over the dunes, and went down/up some near vertical drops! It was wicked!

When we got to the dunes, trying to actually stand up and board down was impossible so everyone resorted to lying face first on the board which was much more fun!

It is incredible how sand got everywhere, and we mean everywhere!!!!

It was a great afternoon, and we slept like logs that evening only to be awoken by everything shaking, and realising that we were in the middle of an earthquake! It only lasted a few seconds and soon went back to sleep!

We also noticed that the Peruvian Lamborghini´s were slightly different to the ones back home!