It’s been a busy year so far!
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007Ok, so it’s time for a sensible post once again, as Ciarán is just talking shit about mullets
and other trifles, so I will have to take over that part, I guess.
After Huaraz we moved on to Huacachina, a beautiful oasis in the middle of the dessert. On our first day we did the dune buggy ride and sand boarding, both of which were really good fun. We also visited three of the very many wineries near Huacachina in Ica, were they not only produce wine but also the famous national drink of Peru: Pisco. After quite a few wine sample at every winery we felt quite dizzy. We had quite a few free Pisco Sours during our stay in Huacachina due to our good knowledge of Spanish, always very helpful when talking to bartenders during their boring nightshift. Pisco Sour is a cocktail with Pisco, lime juice and EGG! This was our first egg-cocktail! Weird but good.
In Paracas we did a tour of the Ballestas Islands- wich was one of the most impressing things we did so far. We saw loads of loud, smelling and fat sea lions, seals, penguins and thousands of migrating birds on the islands - you can’t imagine the smell of the place! We continued to the Paracas National Reserve, where we saw some amazing rock formations and cliffs in the sea.
We went on to Nasca to see the famous Nasca lines. We felt that the Nasca lines are overrated though. We did not do the expensive plane flight over the Nasca lines as other backpackers said it wouldn’t be worth it. Instead we just visited the Maria Reiche museum, a crazy German woman who dedicated her life to research on the lines. We saw her room- she definitely was a real gig! We saw two of the huge figures etched into the sand from a viewing tower-quite intelligent, the old pre-Incas!
And then we finally landed in Arquipa, the most beautiful colonial city where we still hang about at the minute. Not far from Arequipa is the Colca Canyon, where we wanna do some days of trekking, cos we’ve seen too many museums lately.
