Blogs from Huacachina, Ica, Peru, South America - page 3

30th April ’13 Huacachina Visited the café down the road for breakfast and ended up waiting an hour to get scrambled eggs, juice and tea! There were only 2 other people in there as well. Anyway that out the way we crossed the road to the Peru Bus station and bought tickets for Ica. No sooner bought than we were off, with us the only westerners on board again. Once more a dubbed in spanish nice gory war film to set the mood. After a short 3 hour ride we pulled into Ica – a large sprawling city with chaotic traffic (apparently we arrived just as school was finishing and this was the reason?!). After buying tommorow’s bus tickets we took a taxi from just outside to the ‘desert oasis’ of Huacachina. Although only 15 minutes ... read more

Leslie and Tiffany have joined me in Lima since the 5th of February...and I can tell you...it's been a lot of fun the last few days. The school summer holidays are soon over in Buenos Aires. Time to go back to a "normal" life...school and re-settling in our flat for the next four months, and the first part of a new school year. But before that, we still have two weeks of fun in Peru...and this is the first entry of a serie of four of them. We first spent few days in Lima...but as we did two short stays in Lima...that entry will come second. It must have been close to my twentieth visit to Peru....but this one is the one, as it is a first for Leslie and Tiffany! We spent our week-end, aka ... read more

Uur en ' half later en ons is in Ica. Baie groter as wat ons gedink het. Die locals ry soos maniacs. Klein mototaxis challnege sommer die groot busse! Sonder enige ongelukke. By die bus depot het ons 'n taxi gekry. Yoh! Wat 'n gehawende toestand! Hy het eers soos 'n maniac gery. Dit rit is veronderstel om so 20min te vat, hy het dit seker in 10 gedoen. Ons hostel lyk so bietjie anders as op die prentjies, of die prentjies was net baie lank terug geneem, maar wat verwag ons vir S/40 per kamer! Dis juis hoekom Karien Insect repellant gespuit het voor ons gaan slaap het! Het gaan rondstap om die oase. Baie mooi maar kleiner as wat ons verwag het. Het by Hostel Dessert Night middag ete gehad en gewag vir die ... read more

Während ich in der Morgensonne, die grade über die Dünen bricht, mein spartanisches Frühstück einnehme, wird nebenan schon mal das erste Bier aufgemacht. Da ich ja später noch Sandboarden will, schließe ich mich zunächst noch nicht an. Erstaunlicherweise treffe ich jetzt erst auf eine größere Gruppe Israelis – die den Israeli-Breakfast-Angeboten Sinn verleihen. Eigentlich sollte man derer häufiger antreffen, scheint es doch dort zum guten Ton zu gehören nach dem Militärdienst seinen kargen Sold in Südamerika zu investieren. Sehr kommunikativ sind diese jedoch leider nicht, aber mit meinem „Equality is better for all“-Buch und Pool fühle ich mich nach zwei Tagen Durchreisen auch allein gut aufgehoben. Auf Anraten des indischen Physikers leihe ich mir als absoluter Experte natürlich ein richtiges Snowboard. Hinten auf den Strandbuggy geschnallt geht es rasant in die Sanddünen hinein. Wi... read more

Leanne and I landed in Chile a couple of weekks ago. We didnt spend as much time in chile as it was a bit more expensive that peru and bolivia. We mad three stops in chile. The first one in santiago, then San Pedro de Atacama and the last stop was in Arica. Santiago was a strange city, full of graffiti and random pot holes. I dont think there was anything much to see there but as i only stayed a couple of days there then i may be making a sweeping generalization. Sab Pedro de Atacama is a must. We stayed in Hostel de Rural, i recommend staying here to anyone who visits San Pedro de Atacama.It is such a pretty little place in the middle of nowhere. We did the space star tours and ... read more