Sunday, October 22, 2006

Penguins, Sealions & Sand surfing!

We went on a tour of the Ballestos Islands this morning - there were hundreds of birds, penguins & sealions on the islands. It was an amazing sight seeing the birds flying in their hundreds over the sea!

We then went to El Catador Winery to have a tour and taste some of their produced (they also do fruit drinks, jams & honey besides alcohol!) Did think it was a little too early to be drinking (midday) but we had to have some Pisco Sour, Pisco Baileys & Pisco Tequilla (not their real names but its what they tasted of!)

That afternoon, we headed to Hucachina, which is an oasis that they built a town around. After lunch (great timing), we went on the sand buggies over big hills & at great speeds. We kept gasping and then getting mouths full of sand! Then we went sand surfing which, considering I have never surfed, skiied or snowboarded before, we didn´t do too badly at! We did 4 hills & the last one was very bumpy at the end!! I ended up with so much sand in my pockets!

We then travelled 3 hours to Nazca and are going to take a plane over the Nazca Lines tomorrow!

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