Huacachina - 25th to the 28th of Feb The next stop on our Peruvian adventure was Huacachina, via Ica, which we arrived at after two colectivos, a two hour bus journey and a taxi ride. Like all the taxi drivers, the taxi man tried to get us to go to a different hostel but we had decided that we wanted to go to the Hotel Salvatierra, which was recommended by both of our guidebooks. We arrived there and everyone was lounging around the pool. It looked like heaven in the heat of the day, a welcoming oasis in the desert. After negotiations (there are always negotiations), including the woman telling us to get rid of the taxi driver and the room was ours for cheaper, we got a slightly run-down but perfectly fine twin room with
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