Huacachina

Well instead of studying and doing homework we decided to jump town for another weekend to soak up some more sun. It was a last minute trip but it was definitely a great idea. I went with my friends Jonathan, Jordan and Claire. We left early Friday morning for Ica and it took about 5 hours on a bus. This was my first public bus ride and it was quite interesting. Thank goodness I am able to fall asleep anywhere and at any time. Once we arrived in Ica, one could still see the damage that was left from the earthquake in 2007. The city still has a lot of life but many of the buildings have not been fixed and need repaired. I talked to my host mother about it and she said the government tried to help but then the big businesses just bought everyone out to rebuild and everything else was left the way it was. We stopped at the supermarket to save money on food and then took a taxi for the 5 km ride to Huacachina.

Huacachina is a beautiful place. There is an oasis in the middle of town and then it is surrounded by sand dunes. Our hostel was nice and it was so great just to chill and hang out by the pool. Friday night there was a BBQ at our hostel so we ate a TON of food and then danced all night. Saturday we walked around town and then set up our time to go sand boarding. Jordan and Claire had already been there before so it was just Jonathan and I that needed to go. It was amazing. The dune buggy drivers were crazy, but in a fun crazy way. I tried taking videos but that didn’t really work out. The sand dunes were HUGE. I only went down on my stomach because I was too scared to go down on my feet but everyone else in my group tried it. I had never seen so much sand in my life, and I am pretty sure I still have a lot of it in my clothes and shoes. It was fun and I am really glad I went.

Sunday we spent the day by the pool trying to get some more sun before returning to Lima. The bus ride back seemed like it took forever but finally we were back to our cloudy city. This next weekend some of us are headed to Arequipa, it should be a great time. I’ll let you know how it goes when I get back.

<3 aj