Huacachina

For two of our weekends while at PSF we headed to nearby Huacachina. This is a little town situated in the desert by Ica. The main attraction are the land sand dunes where you can take sand buggies and go sand boarding. The first weekend there were 15 of us from PSF in this small town! We headed off straight after work on Saturday afternoon, checked into our hostel (with pool!) and then piled into the sand buggies for two hours of sand fun!! The sand buggies were great fun, the drivers took us on a roller coaster of a ride around the dunes, with plenty of jumps and jolts! Then it was boarding time...for the first three 'practise' runs we all attempted to sand board upright (as you would snowboard), however we soon realised that it was faster and a more thrilling experience to go down the slope on your stomach headfirst!! Of course, there were a few wipeouts at the bottom of the slopes with (you guessed it) David taking the biggest tumble and ending up covered in sand and dust but luckily only a few bruises! It was a lot of fun and the ride back in the buggy as the sunset was even better!!

After the boarding it was back to our hostel for a long-awaited hot shower (the showers in Pisco were cold!) and a ice-cold beer at the poolside bar! We then danced the night away at the hostel's bar until the early hours!

The next morning we were all feeling a bit delicate, so it was off to a local cafe (run by a English lady!) for a full english breakfast, or as close to it as you can get in Peru! This was followed by much poolside lounging and silly games in the pool before we packed up back to Pisco.

The next weekend followed a similar routine, although we didn't sandboard this time. There were even more PSF volunteers there this time and so we pretty much took over the hostel. That evening we headed back to the cafe for some more British style food and some cocktails, before once again taking over the dance floor at the hostel!