A desert oasis
I never thought that one can really still find an oasis in the desert. Haucachina is such a place - a tiny village around an oasis, surrounded by the huge sand dunes of the coastal desert of Peru. The village is some 4 hours south of Lima and very close to the town of Ica.
We decided to rest for a few days (to recover from our bus ride and to prepare for the next one) and stayed in a semi-upmarket hotel for 3 nights. It was great - Swiss/Peruvian run and everything was clean and beautiful and they played classical music (a welcome break from Spanish covers of popular songs!). We slept for hours or just strolled around the oasis or rested at the pool.
This is also sandboard country and Johan rented a sandboard and walked (read 'struggled') up a high dune and sandboarded down.Much easier than what he thought it would be like even though he complained about his terrible board. He was too tired, however, to go back up with another board!
After a few days we left to head north - not completely knowing where we will stop and when, but Lima was en route...
Culture shock: since Bolivia, we had been looking for bread spreads (anything other than jam) and found absolutely none - no bovril, marmite, etc
We decided to rest for a few days (to recover from our bus ride and to prepare for the next one) and stayed in a semi-upmarket hotel for 3 nights. It was great - Swiss/Peruvian run and everything was clean and beautiful and they played classical music (a welcome break from Spanish covers of popular songs!). We slept for hours or just strolled around the oasis or rested at the pool.
This is also sandboard country and Johan rented a sandboard and walked (read 'struggled') up a high dune and sandboarded down.Much easier than what he thought it would be like even though he complained about his terrible board. He was too tired, however, to go back up with another board!
After a few days we left to head north - not completely knowing where we will stop and when, but Lima was en route...
Culture shock: since Bolivia, we had been looking for bread spreads (anything other than jam) and found absolutely none - no bovril, marmite, etc
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