Out first overnight coach ride (12 hours) was surprisingly comfortable with almost fully reclining seats and a choice of films but it is still slightly unsettling sleeping in a bus!
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| Villa Jazmin, simple hotel nestling below the dunes |
We came to Ica, in part, for the bodegas for Pisco and the vineyards for wine. We were joined on our tour by a bunch of young Americans, on the last night of their holiday who were determined to have a good time. As the bodegas are also used by the locals as restaurants and clubs we certainly did. Our first dancing of the trip!
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| Our 'guide' Williams! |
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| Ceramic pisco containers in eclectic collection |
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| New friend! |
The other attraction near Ica is the Huacachina oasis set outside of the town in the desert in the midst of some huge, dramatic dunes on which you can undertake dune buggy rides and sandboardimg. Both were adrenalin charged with some amazing gradients, angles and speed. Carolyn declined the sandboarding as not keen to have sand in her ears, eyes and who knows where else!
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| Spot Carolyn on the slope Nic just went down head first1 |
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| Huacachina at dusk |
Oh yes, we also went to an excellent archaeological museum with a fine display of pre-Inca ceramics and textiles and a fairly ghoulish collection of mummies and deliberately deformed and trophy decapitated heads!
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