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Published: August 14th 2007
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Bus Stop
My stop in the middle of nowhere for Pacachamac So I left Cuzco expecting a 14 hour bus ride and then hopping to arrive in nice warm weather at a desert oasis. If it has palm trees I am happy. Unfortunately things rarely turn out as planned on my journeys. This was no different. After a while I started wondering how long I had been on the bus and when we were going to get to my stop (Ica). I went to ask the guy on the bus, not the driver, but the guy. Anybody who travels to developing countries knows about the guy on the bus. He is not the driver, he is just the guy. He does everything the driver does not do. Anyways, I have side-tracked, I ask the guy on the bus when we are going to get to Ica. He looks at me and tells me we passed Ica almost 4 hours ago. Appearantly they thought they did not have any passengers getting off there, so they did not stop. Even though my ticket said Ica for some reason they had me listed as Lima. My nice 14 hour bus ride turned into a 20 hour one, oh joy! I was a bit disappointed as
Long Way to Go
I'll get to the ruins eventually I really wanted to try sandboarding and I had already explored Lima, more than enough. They supposedly have really cool sandboarding in the desert oasis just west of Ica. I guess I will never know, at least until I come back.
I must say that after a 20 hour bus ride I had no desire to get back on another bus for 5 hours to get to the oasis. Since I only had two days or so left at this point I figured screw it I will just stay in Lima, besides there was supposed to be some really cool ruins about 30km outside Lima. From the pictures I saw it was supposed to look like Egypt. I guess maybe it does, I have not been to Egypt, but it was not all that cool. It was more sand than ruins. Not all that interesting really. So I guess I got to have at least on last misadventure while here in Peru.
To be honest heart was not really in this trip the whole time, so I guess I did not really give Peru a fair chance. I had a good time, but I am sure I could
Pacachamac
this is the only one they restored. You also have to have aguide to wlak around this place. I got yelled at because I walked right in without a guide and they didn't notice. When I was wandering I came upon another group with a guide who was not very happy with me. have definitely had more fun. Something about going on a lot of little trips really wears on you more than one long one. I guess I was just tired of leaving my house. It was my third time leaving this summer and I was not really in the mood for it. I am leaving one more time next month, but thankfully Risa in coming with me, if not I would really not have been in the mood to go again.
I did not know this before I came here, but it seems they built Lima in a desert. Sure it is on the coast, but as soon as you drive 10 minutes out of the city, you are in a desert. I donĀ“t mean a desert like we have in the states, but a real desert all sand and nothing else. As I said once before I was waiting the whole time for some camel riding arabians to come flying over the other side of the sand dunes.
I must say that I still feel Peru has such an amazing scenery. I saw mountains, larger and more beautiful than anywhere I have been before. Deserts more arid and
Pacachamac 2
When traveling alone you have to take a few pics of yourself sandy than any other desert I have seen, and I am sure if I had made it to the amazon basin I would have much to say about the jungle as well. As it is the jungle type thing we passed through on the way to Machu Picchu was amazing enough. I am always surprised to see the different types of environments certain plants can live in. Many of the same plants I have in my backyard and see all over florida are growing at an elevation of 12,000 ft. They had bromeliads and elephant ears all over the place, not to mention banana and mango trees.
One tip that I have for anybody thinking of traveling to Peru is that everything is far, really far. Other than Ica and Pisco everything else is a minimum of about a 10 hours bus ride from Lima. Once you get to Cuzco (20 hours from Lima) everything is also a minimum of 10 hours from there. I say if you want to come to Peru, take it slow and make sure you have lot of time to spend on the bus. If not it is impossible to see much of the
country. Sure you can fly, but who has the money for that.
I guess that about wraps up my trip in Peru. Watch closly for the next misadventures of The Lazy Wanderer wandering through another crazy place. Until then Hasta Luego and good travels to you.
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Cousin Ronnie
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Feh!
Looking at that picture of that white slimy stuff on the plate, once again I am reminded that you indeed will eat ANYTHING! Way to go!