Huacachina- Sand Dunes!

A short stay in Lima, Peru was followed by a quick trip into Ica (4 1/2 hour bus) and a 15 minute cab ride over the dune into Huacachina!  This tiny little oasis, literally, boasts great sand dunes, a lively night scene, and plenty of dune buggy sand boarding action!  We got in late in the evening, had dinner and a few beverages and managed to sleep in.  We perfectly timed our 2 hour 5 O´clock sand boarding trip to catch the sunset.  But this left us plenty of time to catch our 18 hour overnight bus to Cusco Peru (the main departure point for Machu Piccu).  The dune buggy ride was so intense!  Loud, powerful, and gut wrenching fun.  We were hitting slopes, taking steep drops and sliding out on banks...it was like a roller coaster with all of the screaming, hands up in the air, and endless smiling faces!  Then we got dropped off in a dune section for boarding.  We used candle wax to speed up the wooden boards and started smashing down the hills.  The biggest hill was a belly down only option, at least for us :) We tried some stand up, but we always ended up on our bums.  Berk and I were in stiches trying to figure out how to stand up!  With sand in every crevice we hopped back into the buggy for a nice sunset and sand in the face buggy ride so satiate our adrenaline appetite.  Off to Cusco at 11,000 feet!