After we left Cusco, we headed to a tiny town, which is really just an oasis in the middle of the desert near the coast. The town is outside of Ica called Huacachina, and about the only thing you do there is rent sandboards and surf the huge dunes they have around the oasis. The place truly is an oasis - a tiny pond outlined by palm trees surrounded by huge sand dunes. We took the tour where they take you in a dune buggy, and drive you to the top (much easier than trying to walk up dunes). The dune buggy was just as fun as the boarding, as the drivers are crazy and go real fast over huge dunes, getting airborne on occasion. The boarding was hard compared to snowboarding, but very fun. At the end we went to the top of a huge dune and watched sunset before lying face down on the boards and skidding to the bottom of the biggest dune of the day! Naturally Ben offered for me to go first in this venture out of the group, but I set a fast pace for everyone else. Tons of fun!
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