We are in... where a we?
in Huacachina
we introduce this here. I am going to do a taster with... how was your name?
Lara
Larita! Lara look at the shape of it, we tilt the cane... If it falls on the floor is because is not only who wants
to drink it, PACHAMAMA also wants some (Pachamama= mother earth)
of course!!
we tilt the cane and it goes to de cup
like this
well Lara, you are in luck
thank you very much
ohh... Pachamama!
ready?
no!!!!
here we are, surfing the desert dunes of Huacachina oasis
We are in Paracas, which belongs to Ica's region which where we were yesterday seeing the oasis
we are now going to take a boat to see the Ballestas islands. I have read it is similar to Galapagos regarding the fauna and flora
and since we cannot afford to go to Galapagos we will do a cheaper and more accesible version
we have seen the 'chandelier'... It is believed that it was made by same people that carved the Nazca lines
we are not going to see the Nazca lines because you can only see them if you fly above and it is obviously
quite pricey... but I am very happy that we have done this tour to see the chandelier...
well they don't know what it is, if it is a cactus, or if it represents the Andean cross
(which is the constellation that previous cultures followed)
but is amazingly big, 178 metres long and it is carved on the rock!
well... it makes you think, it is cool to know about legends...
and now we have just returned and I was thinking that I like being by the coast and it has been 2 months
since we were in Valparaiso (CHile) near the sea and to be honest I was craving it
and now we are going to follow the Peruvian coast line, so I am looking forward to some sunshine and walking by the beach
Apparently... This is Ayacucho's cathedral
and they call it the city of churches as it seems a bit like churches everywhere, in every corner, every neighbourhood
and one thing that identifies them is that all of them have golden altarpieces
let's see
We are in Ayacucho, in the middle of Peru
because I have seen a picture in Pinterest and I wanted to go and check a place that seems very nice
and it was a proper odyssey to get to here yesterday
because after we finally made it to the coast which I  was so looking forward to...
I go and get this idea in my head
and well, we didn't know how to get here, they had told us that there were only night buses
but as we already have certain experience in these countries we said 'let's go to where the buses leave from'
and we ask for information
and we found out that there were minivans, which in Bolivia are called 'Truffis'
here they are called... minibuses or minivans
and there were... every time one was filled there was another one
but we didn't have enough money to pay the two tickets
so I had to take a taxi to the nearest town, get some cash, return, then we had time to have lunch as it wasn't filled yet
afterwards... we lost passengers because we were desperate and they wanted to leave
then it got filled again and we finally left
and we were more than 5 hours in a tiny road, with lots of bends, we went up to 4000m (above sea level) then went down and now we are at 2200m
and it is a small village... well not, it is bigger than where we were before, but in general
is a small city centre and is very picturesque... We are going to explore it and we are going to pursue what I was looking for
to see if it is as pretty as it shown in Pinterest or not
what I like is that even though there are tours to this place
it is not high season and apart of a group of students we have not seen any other tourists
we love being involved in the culture
that people looks at us like 'who are those tourists?'
Yesterday was a horrible day
we were  on an 8 hour minivan ride to just see the Turquoise waters for half an hour
well you have to tell everything
it went wrong because they gave us the wrong directions
yes... the Peruvians don't know what they have
no, they do know, they know exactly where it is. What happens is that they tell you 'this terminal'
and then it turns out it was another one
well, the thing is that it didn't go that well, we didn't have time to relax by the turquoise pools
but they were amazing and they were turquoise like their name says
but that left us KO. Later we got to the bus at night, again to get into another bus
we didn't have the seats we had booked, we had to sit by the toilet... and the door wasn't locking so it was hitting the wall all night...
we couldn't sleep... and well,  was it worth it? yes
but it didn't leave us with the taste we had hoped for
well, we are finally in Lima. Let's see how we get on in such a big city, after being in smaller places for so long
there is a cat park!
We are in Huaca Pucllana with Vivi
these are some pyramids that are here in Lima, in the middle of everything
in the middle of Atacama's desert as it incredible that Atacama's desert goes up to here in Peru
is in the middle of the city and it is pre-inca
so it was built before the Inca empire
it is 1500 years old
and it was a religious place, like the Vatican of the Lima culture (they told us)
we have the entire beach just for us
these are the things I love of asking around to the people without having to follow the travel guide
it does appear on it but coming on a Tuesday, where there is no one, everyone is working...
and they don't have festivities here yet
