El Desierto Divertido

After a long night dancing and singing at Karaoke we all had to wake up early for our trip to Huacachina the oasis in the middle of the desert in Ica. We were a little surprised in the morning because it was so cold but thankfully I listened to my host mother and had brought a few sweaters for the weekend. So we arrive in Huacachina and first we see the dune buggys and as we all strap in we are really excited. The engine starts and and we are of climbing the mountains of sand until we reach the top of one of the bigger dunes and the buggy stops to let us out and see our surroundings. Honestly I can look back on this and say it was one of the coolest moments of my life to be standing on top of the world it seems just surrounded by sand with civilization off in the distance.

After a little while on top of the world we got back in the buggys and went riding off into the dunes where we stopped again at the top of a different dune this time to sandboard. Now I have been snowboarding for awhile now and I can tell you that they are very different sand boarding is a lot harder to turn with but nonetheless it was a great time and I would love to go again. Sadly our trip in the desert did have to end but it ended with the beautiful oasis of Huacachina below us I was able to take a really cool picture of my friend while here.

 After returning to the town of Huacachina we got a brief tour where we learned a little about the history of Huacachina and the legend of the princess of the oasis and her mirror. Then back on the bus went to take a really cool and interesting tour of the sites of the witches of Ica in Cachiche. Here we heard the tale of the seven headed palm tree and then were able to see the tree for ourselves also we were able to visit the park of Julia the good witch, the most famous of the witches of Cachiche. I even tried the drink "Orgasmo de Bruja" which despite the name was very good. After all this we went back to the hotel and got dinner. Me and my friends returned to Plaza 125 because it was so good the night before. But then later that night we got to experience an authentic discoteca in the heart of Huacachina. Again this was si much fun to be able to dance with all of my friends in the group and just relax for a little.