Traveling further south on the Panamerican highway along the Southern Peruvian coastline, we came to Ica then drove into the rolling sand dunes to the little town of Huacachina. The town is built around a natural oasis lagoon between the dry dunes. We rented sand boards (plywood with straps) and hiked up the dunes to try the silly local sport. Some people were taking it seriously with real snowboards and building jumps, but most people were just laughing as they tried their hardest get the board down the hill and not fall off. Really it was more like sledding.
The next day we went on a tour of 2 local bodegas. This region of Peru is famous for its pisco, liquor distilled from sweet wine. At the first bodega we got a tour of the grape squishing, fermenting, and distillation process, then got to sample a variety of piscos made from different types of grapes.
Their old press.
Pisco storage and fermentation jugs.
All the different types of Pisco
At the second bodega the guides were already drunk and just continued drinking and stumbling as they poured us samples. No tour involved at this sloppy operation. One of the other guides even fell asleep during a tour he was giving.
Back to the Oasis.
In the afternoon we went out for a dunebuggy sandboarding adventure. Traveling further into the dunes you start to lose perspective as there are rolling hills of sand in every direction as far as you can see. Our driver liked to go fast. As fast as possible. Jordan describes the adventure as road warrior meets Lawrence of Arabia. It was a blast.
Our ride.
Patterns in the sand.
S-hand Stand?
Between time-trials we stopped a few times to board down the huge dunes and watch sunset before zipping back to town.
After getting rid of as much of the sand as possible we headed into Ica to catch another fun overnight bus south to Arequipa, the white city.
1 comments:
first, MOLLY! great hand stand!! secondly, you guys are too beautiful. couples like you should be illegal for distraction.
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