Peru in a Nutshell

November 8, 2009

Time to update on Peru!
Lima 2 nights
Pisco 1
Huacacina 1
Nazca 2
Arequipa 1
Colca Canyon 2
Cuzco 4
Aguas Calientes 1
Cuzco again 4

So, I already wrote above about Lima!
We went to Pisco simply as a jumping off point to visit Las Islas Ballestas, the Ballestas Islands. This was a day trip and was pretty cool. We saw birds, seals, etc. Very nice boat ride. Later in the day we visited Paracas national Park which was the desert. We also got to see where the coast meets the desert which was really beautiful. Here is a favorite picture from that day!

Then we went to Huacacina to try out some sandboarding and dune buggying! Not before having breakfast by the pool, of course. Yay! I will elaborate at some point about the dune buggying but lets just leave it at it was the most insane thing I have ever done in my life up until this point. Okay! Sandboarding was really fun and I liked it even better than snowboarding because I didnt have to be cold!

Nazca was an adventure. Tom and Teja did the Nazca lines flight, but Nadja and I were not feeling well so we skipped out on it. Later, then Tom fell ill as well! We chalked up our extended amounts of time in the bathroom to some chicken salad sandwiches the three of us consumed. We had to add another night here because we were feeling "under the weather."
Thank you, Immodium. haha. This is how we felt:

To be continued...