So we booked an extra day at the hostel, but after checking out our travel possibilities it meant that we needed to wake up at 2 30 am to catch a 4:15 am bus. We decided to take the Cruz Del Sur which is supposedly peru´s most reputable (and expensive bus). We show up at Paracas with no plans or booking to see the Ballestas islands packed with birds, even penquins, and sea lions. We hop of the bus infront of a hotel and get on a tour for only 2 more dollars than the guide book said it was. They crammed some 30 or 36 of us on a tiny boat and took us out to see the animals. We then returned and hopped on a bus to Ica. In ica we took a cab ride to lake Huachina, a desert oasis surrounded by huge san dunes. The hostel we stayed at had a pool. That night we went to their dinner with all you can drink for an hour and a half. This really turned into about and hour or so with the british, australian, and irish folk behaving as predicted. It was enjoyable to try a pisco sour, but not to slam them in all you can drink manner as the egg got super heavy. Also fun was since it was mostly people who come from countries with a Union Jack on their flag, they spoke no spanish and refered to the pisco sours as ´PISS-co´sours. appetizing! The next day i got up and attemped to sand board down the dunes on their home made board, the first of which had bad bindings. It didn´t really work out as well as i hoped but i told myself if i had a real snowboard it would be ok. We hung around the bus all day and took a 8:30 pm bus to Arequipa last night. When we got in the bus it reeked of BO and we got the seats infront of the bathroom. I´m not sure if it was the speedy hair pin turns or the smell of human excrement, but needless to say i couldn´t sleep very well on that bus.
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