Wacky Huacachina (resort town near Ica)...

Wacky Huacachina...the hip strangness of a desert enclave emanates from this oasis gathering of eclectic travellers. Giant wind swept dunes with perfectly rippled precision caresses of time frame the town of Huacachina which has a scenic lagoon anchored in it´s center. One knows that he is becoming an invetorate to a country, when he starts to become familar with the scenes on the countries currency. The Peruvian 50 Soles note proudly displays an iconic image of the one and only Huacachina.

Kirstin and I stayed two nights in Huacachina...and recomend the Huacachinera Hostel which offers a nice pool with a pretty sqawking macaw. The first hostel that we stayed in had a sloth as the garden pet and mascot. If you visit Huacachina, you must try the dune buggy rides and sand boarding. The dune buggy rides are much like a crazy roller coaster ride and well sand boarding...like snowboarding but not cold and much kinder to the hiney for massive wipeouts!

I jogged up the sand dunes and must say that jogging on sand dunes is probably some of the must difficult jogging I´ve ever done. While on the crest of the sand dune, I felt like I was hiking up the back of a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog.