Avocados, Empenadas y Ritz (Lima to Huacachina)

We spent our last day in Lima exploring the cities beach neighborhoods.  We woke up at 5 am the next day to take a bus to Ica.  We stayed in a town 5 km out of Ica that was in the middle of sand dunes.

We walked from Baranaco to Miraflores along the beaches of Lima.  

Huaca Pucllana Ruins in the middle of Lima dating back to 400 AD

The sun set on our way back to our Lima Hostel so we sat down and drank a beer- as far as we could tell it was okay to drink in public.

On Wed we ended up in a little tourist trap called Huacachina.  Hotels and restaurants sitting on a lagoon surrounded by sand dunes.

 View from the top of the Sand Dune directly behind our hostel.  We opted out of the 40 Soles tour and hiked up ourselves.   Pretty amazing view.

Sue Sandboarding, in case I am going too fast and blurry :)

Graham ripping down the dune.


Yesterday we left Ica/Huacachina for an 19.5 hour bus ride to Cuzco.  Our main diet has been grocery store empenadas not quite ripe avocados,  and ritz crackers picnic style at a scenic spot.
More to come from Cuzco!!!