Ica and Nazca

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On the 27th of July we left Lima with David and Ahora in the car. On the way to pass the time we had a wotsit eating competition. Sam J won fitting 8 wotsits in her mouth. They wasn't just any old wotsits they were huge South American ones! When we arrived in Lima we got a flat tyre and only just about made our bus to Ica. From Ica we took a taxi to Huacachina where we stayed at Casa De Arena. The hostel was really nice and even had a swimming pool but as we were only here overnight we didnt get to take full advantage of it.

The next day we went sandboarding which is where you stand on a board similar to snowboarding and slide down sand dunes. We went on a sand buggy through the dunes which were amazing, we had never seen that much sand in our lives. The sand buggy got stuck at one point so we all had to get out and lift as they lodged sand underneath the wheels. It was a great day we had so much fun. We were summersaulting down the dunes and came back with sand in every nook and cranny imaginable. That afternoon we had lunch and bumped into our hippi friend Antonio, he was living in a hut shaped like a wigwam. We then caught a bus to Nazca as we wanted to see the Nazca lines. The next day we went up in a small aeroplane to see the nazca lines. It was a great experience going up in a small plane but made us very sick as we circled round the lines. Sam D got pins and needles all over her body especially in her hands, she panicked. The nazca lines were great to see they shaped liked animals. It is still a mystery why they are there. Once we got off the plane we went and laid in the park until we felt better. That night wecaught a night bus to Arequipa.

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Comments

[Joanna]

Monkey
I have been looking at that Monkey picture for 5 minutes and still can't make it out! The sandboarding looks fantastic guys. Glad you are having a great time. Love Joanna xx

[Nicola - Sam D's sis]

Hello travellers :-)
How lucky are you, that sandboarding looks and sounds amazing. I agree with the monkey pic, I have also studied it for a while and can't really make it out - very clever though. You are getting to see some fantastci things girls - South America is not on my list of places to go!!! You sound like you are having a great time. Sam was great to speak to you last week, missing you very much. Write some more bloggs girls mwah xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Sam and Sam]

Monkey
We admit it is hard to see some of them. If you click on the pic to enlarge it and look at the bottom left hand corner very hard you can just make it out. Good Luck spotting it! xx