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Pour rallier Paracas (cote sud de Lima) il etait donc preferable de rebrousser chemin vers Lima, et vu qu on voulait faire le trajet de nuit on a pris la meilleure compagnie, du moins une des plus cheres, a savoir Cruz del Sur. On embarquera a 23h45, apres avoir ete mis a la porte a 21h par notre charmante hote, nous laisser attendre dans l hotel jusqu a 21h30 etait deja trop tard...!! En attendant on decide d aller manger un Caldo de Gallinas (bouillon de poule) car on a tous les 2 a creve! Apres ce repas on file a [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 20th 2009 | 41 Views | [diary=461449]

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By JCR
December 10th 2009
The Rest of Peru South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca Lines
After the Inca Trail we spent some more time in Cusco to recover and to see some more of the ruins, which I saw the most of because it was me and Tracey on the Sacred Valley tour as Franki couldnt come due to the huge holes aka blisters in her feet and too much walking required. Me and Franki the next day for the City Tour as Tracey was feeling unwell. Truly ruined out and by the end I could have done the guided tours, I knew so much about the Incas, their lives, religion and beliefs and constructions. We [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 22nd 2009 | 45 Views | [diary=459412]

A Nazca Line
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By KatrinaJames
December 3rd 2009
Maria Reiche South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca Lines
My plan to get a 3pm bus from Nazca to Arequipa backfired when the bus was cancelled so I ended up with an extra ten hours in Nazca. (The bus toilet had broken, which is important when your journey is eight hours!) So to use my time in an intelligent and informative way I unpacked my bikini and went to the Nazca Lines hotel and paid to use their swimming pool for the afternoon! It was rediculously hot and I had reached the end of my tether with the cat calling and whisteling from the Nazca men outside so the four [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 3rd 2009 | 42 Views | [diary=457828]


To get to Paracas I got a bus from Lima and arrived early evening. I stayed in the tiny little village overnight and spent the evening playing with kids who seemed to live at the hostel. I think that rather than paying for a room I should have been paid for babysitting as their parents dissapeared! But it was really good actually as they taught me lots of Spanish, including my numbers (the shame of being taught your numbers by a 4 year old who clearly thinks you are really thick!) which is useful for bartering in shops! They also taught [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 29th 2009 | 43 Views | [diary=456975]


By KatrinaJames
November 29th 2009
Nazca South America
I have had a VERY crazy morning. I arrived in Nazca yesterday and booked a room at the ´Friend´s house´hostel and also booked a flight over the Nazca lines through them. This morning I waited at the hostel for my tour of the Nazca lines at 8.30am as arranged, but no one turned up and there were no hostel staff around. Eventually the hostel guy turned up and was like, ´oh yeah - it isnt happening now´! Luckily, I have a rule of never paying until I do something so I didn´t lost any money, but flights are only widely available [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 29th 2009 | 44 Views | [diary=456978]


By saleensteve
November 12th 2009
Yay Huacachina!!! South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina
It is 11 am on Day 3, i´m in this beautiful true oasis in the middle of a sand dune desert. I little lagoon surrounded by palm trees and beautiful hotels and restaurants. This little spot used to be the gettaway of Lima´s rich and famous, with dune buggy and sand boarding adventures leaving town constantly and little pelicans to paddle around the lagoon. It was a whirlwind couple of days. Day 1 was a tired cruise around Lima´s best sites, followed by a christenning of a cat? at a nearby hostel. We were up at 5 am on Day 2 [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 13th 2009 | 62 Views | [diary=452677]


By emedbery
October 26th 2009
Nazca/Ica South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina
Hello all! Two weekends ago I went on a great little trip to Nazca and Ica! They are to the South of Lima and in a more desert climate. We started by taking a bus down to Nazca, about 6 hours away. We woke up early to see the Nazca lines. We rode in this little tiny airplane that flew over some of the famous ones. It was so neat! My favorite was the Condor. No one is exactly sure who made the Nazca lines (some think aliens, others think the Nazca people) or how, which adds a little bit to [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 26th 2009 | 32 Views | [diary=448440]


Trek over, 4 days of sobriety over, it was a 16 hour VIP bus to Ica. The journey was great, big leather seat in the posh section, only a handful of seats on the whole of the downstairs section. Had a nice meal and a few films and i arrived in Ica, where i caught a taxi to Huacachina, a little Oasis in the middle of the desert. Matt & Claire were already there as their little trek finished earlier than mine, so i met them at the hotel they had picked. Little cracker in the sand dunes with a pool. [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 19th 2009 | 69 Views | [diary=446440]

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To say I felt a bit iffy would be a total understatement! If Id have been in that plane just 5 minutes longer I think all those poor tourists in that plane would have seen what I ate for breakfast! The driver was flying all over the place, taking sharp turns, dips and flying into areas of turbulence for a horrid 30 minutes. My stomach definately didn like it, I only just about managed to glance out the window at each picture for a few seconds as we passed them before leaning back into the middle to desperately try and compose [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 18th 2009 | 37 Views | [diary=446081]

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Huacachina is definately more like a touristy holiday resort than a travelling destination, but all the same, it was a nice break! Huacachina is a small oasis surrounded by huge sandunes. I couldn't get over how compact this place was, you could walk around it within around 10 minutes. On the oasis there were little pedal boats that you could ride on, it reminded me of when I was a child. Speaking of children, we were surrounded by them, lots of Peruvian families holidaying with their children, splashing around in the tiny lake. What made this place so different from your [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 13th 2009 | 40 Views | [diary=444704]

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