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Published: January 8th 2011
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The last few days have been amazing (here is the part where you all get jealous because you are stuck in cold, wet, Canadian winter-weather). We took the bus to Nazca and Amy bought a flight to fly over the famous Nazca lines (it was too expensive for me though $135 USD!), while she did that I explored a really neat market in Nazca and got some great photos. When we first got there, Nazca seemed to me like an old western ghost town, it was mid afternoon and it was windy, and dusty and really hot. Somewhere in the 33-35 C range. Something my pale Canadian skin is still adjusting to! But when the sun goes down things really come alive! Kids playing in the square, people out walking, vendors with food. I guess that is what life is like in the desert.
After Nazca we jumped on a local collevtivo bus (waaay more interesting than riding the greyhound-type bus company buses) to an Oasis in the desert (small town called Huacachina) and rode dune buggies into the massive sand dunes that surround this tiny town around a lagoon, we rode modified snowboards (sandboards) down the dunes and getting
powder soft sand in every crack of my body (some that I did not know sand could get into). Last night we partied by the Oasis in a local dance club with some locals and tourists. Of course it was right below our room in the hostel so we actually enjoyed the music until 4:00 a.m. even though we went to bed around 1:00 a.m. It was a good chance to practice some Spanish (I am horrible, Amy is much better). Apparently I told them I had a girlfriend, which they thought really funny, and then I had to mime out that it was a boy I was dating not a girl, which made for even more laughs. Although I think when Amy tried to explain dog sled racing to people living in a desert with actions was the most entertaining.
This morning we had some amazing peruvian grown coffee and crepes for Breakfast with a guy who taught Sociology back in the day in Ontario who now lives in Peru (and his adopted Peruvian son). We met him on the local bus from Nazca to Huacachina, he leads the most interesting life I have seen yet. I then
walked about Huacachina a bit anf got some photos an ran into a guy selling some stones that I recognized (thanks to Joye), so I bought some. I think on is pure Serpentine, one is the fossil shell I can never remember the name of and the blue on is another one I recognized as being nice but cannot remember what it is called. We then jumped on a bus to Paracas which is the most incredible beach town.
And that is where I am sitting right now writing this. We have a boat ride to the Islas de Ballestas tomorrow morning which is what they call "Poor mans Galapagos", so it promises to have some great wildlife. We are also going to head out to this fishing village we heard of that supposedly makes the best ceviche fresh off the boats that come in. We will be here for two nights before going back to Nazca for a night and then grabbing and overnight bus to Cuzco and some new adventures in the rainy mountains!
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Shirley
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