Desert Nights - Sandboarding and 'The Poor Man's Gallapagos' a.k.a. The Ballestas
February 24th 2011 Huacachina, near Ica, Peru.
After doing our time in Loki, Cusco, the next destination was the much hyped sand boarding, like snowboarding, but in the desert. We time our exit so that all our friends from the hostel come along, that made Jane and myself, Grif the Yank, Drew the Aussie, Joe English, Cass and Joss, also Aussies. Grif had spoken to other travellers who had already been sand boardin
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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more 
