Erin & Regan's South American Adventure
Huacachina
Hola,
We successfully bought 2 tickets to Ica, and then caught a taxi to Huacachina (an oasis in the desert). (see photo, taken from the top of a huge dune which took forever to walk up and was hot and dry and sandy! (and Regan complained the whole way))
We stayed in Hostel Rocha a family run hostel with pet cats, and parrots, one which was obsessed with the football and chased small children, odd. The only problem was that they decided to party until all hours, strangely it was Erin who managed to sleep.
That afternoon we went on a dune buggy tour, which is where they try to scare the crap out of you by driving over really steep dunes, unexpectedly, it was great. We also went sand boarding, which was so much fun we took no photos at all, ha ha ha, except to show the amount of sand which was trapped inside Regans pants! He mentioned it so many times we had to take a photo - hope you appreciate how much sand was in his pants (E).
After a sleepless night (for Regan!) it was on to Nasca...
Sue and Tom: Tom says all that sand cannot have come out of Regan's trousers! What an amazing place, the oasis looks kind of tenuous. (10/11/06)