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Tag: Paracas

  • Ica: Sand Dunes

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    Ica: Sand Dunes

    After our tour of Paracas National Reserve we drove about 60 minutes to Ica. There we spent just over an hour racing across the dunes on a dune buggy and sand boarding.  Sand boarding is sliding down the steep side of a dune on a waxed board. For the last few years I held a…

  • Paracas National Reserve

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    Paracas National Reserve

    Our guide picked us up at our hotel and gave us a tour of the Reserve.  It’s a slow, bumpy ride. Sometimes rather dusty.  But while it’s desert, at this time of year it’s not hot.

  • Bus to Paracas

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    Bus to Paracas

    It’s a three-and-one-half hour bus ride along the Pan American Highway from Lima to Paracaus. South American bus rides conjure an image of an unroad-worthy school-bus-like battered vehicle that might include among its passengers various beasts including chickens and ducks. Wrong image. The bus departed precisely on time.  First class in this bus is comparable…

  • Nasca

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    I´ve run into some technical difficulties posting from my iPhone.  While many places advertise Internet Access, most are wireless and for some reason I´m having difficulty picking up the signal.  That means I have a couple of posts on my iPhone waiting to be delviered. We arrived last night in Nasca (Nazca) after a 3…