Blogs from Ica, Peru, South America - page 82

Cauky, dnes vstavame v 5:00 hodin, je pondeli 19.9.2005. Odjizdime do Icy na bus smer Pisco. Odtud minibusem do Paracasu a lodi na Islas Ballestas. Vylet byl moc hezky, na ostrovech bylo spoustu racku, kormoranu, lachtanu a par tucnaku. Po ceste jsme take mijeli nejake pelikany. V poledne jsme zpet v Piscu, zasli jsme na obed, potom busem do Limy. Jeli jsme cca 4 hodiny. V Lime jsme az u ctvrte spolecnosti sehnali listky na 22:30 hodin do Huarazu. 19.-20.9.2005 jsou na nekterych silnicich blokady, tak jsme meli s listkama i celkem stesti. Jeli jsme zatim nejluxusnejsim busem s obsluhou, v cene bylo obcerstveni a piti. Mista bylo v buse spoustu, jeli jsme pres noc, spalo se nam vyborne. Pa S+M+P... read more

Yo yo yáll, this is Rich. well, i took my beloved for ANOTHER birthday extravaganza (count them, that´s TWO presents! and a card! that´s more than ive ever got anyone else ever! its probably more than everyone else combined too). this time was a fantastically expensive (about 30 quid)flight over the nazca lines in a cessna. how brilliant am i? im surprised you have to ask, but basically im fantastic, and by far the best boyfriend anyone could ever have. The lines are cool. Everybody knows about the figures, but the lines are probably more interesting, mainly because nobody knows what they{re really for. Despite several unlikely theories about pre-olympic running tracks and alien landing sites (i mean honestly, does that sound likely? idiots, idiots everywhere...) they probably relate to religious stuff and sources of sub-terranean ... read more

left lima yesterday (alright, now it has been a few weeks since i left and i have returned) so no more mcDonalds¡¡. I arrived in pisco and booked a tour for today to go to the islands around paracas and to a "national" park. I ran into roger a canadian guy i met in sucre, bolivia. it is a small world, when i was in cusco i ran into a girl who lived in the same house i did in guatemala. of course i ran into paddy and suzie in cusco for the 5th and not last time on this trip!!! today (a few weeks ago), I took a bus from the hotel to paracus and then like many other tourists took a boat (there must have been 8 boats) to the islands. The islands are ... read more

I had one of the best weekends of my life this weekend, along with some of the worst experiences. And to top it off, I am hurt, and might have to go to the doctor here :-( So I guess I¨ll start from the beginning. We left at 10:00pm on Friday night to drive to Paracas. There were 11 of us, plus a guide, his sister, and the driver. So 14 total, in a tiny van. We all thought it would be smart to take sleeping aids for the 6 hour drive, so we could just fall asleep and wake up at the hotel in Paracas. I even decided a couple glasses of wine with my new friends Jennifer and Eden would help me sleep even better. What we didn´t take into consideration was that this ... read more

- FOOD: Breakfast at the HI (yes, I set foot in the place). - AREA: So pretty set in the middle of sand dunes the height of mountains (as steep as mountains too I discovered when climbing up them to go sand boarding). Speeding down the sand dunes on your bum and looking like a sand monster at the end of it. 2 hours in Lima - my impressions were BIG city, lots of neon lights and busy. - PEOPLE: Gringo city. But nice Gringos who let me hang out with them. Sucker hostel man who is taken in by a smile. - WEATHER: The joy of the hot sun (not such a joy when climbing the dunes) Tue 28th June: I slept for hours. It's so nice to be in a warm place at last! ... read more