Today was a bonus day! We made up all the time we lost in the beginning with Michael being sick and the intial stress of the new surroundings, so we decided to enjoy ourselves. We booked a flight over the Nazca Lines like I have always wanted to do and it was bumpy by the time we got into the air. Turns out, prior to getting onto the flight, the pilot had been admiring our bikes and we had been chatting with him. He did a great job of banking the plane left and right to make sure all the passengers got good views of all of the figures, but between his flying and the thermals by late morning we got off the plane with tuff tummies. It was worth it though, thats my story and I'm sticking to it.
Then doen the road to Ica about 150 kms away. More sand more curves. We read in the Lonely Planets book about an oasis just west of Ica, the place to stay so we found it, called Huacachina so decided to treat ourselves. We got her and found out that sand dune buggy ridng and sand boarding were the local attractions. Had to do them. Michael did the sand boarding, I took the pics. 2 more hours our radical rides. 2 radical rides in one day. Wow! And the hotel is gorgeous too. We could stay but we have a hotel to find tomorrow. Only 300 kms to Lima. They say 4 hrs.
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