Sandboarding, dunebuggys and flying

Ah, the exiting things. We went to Ica and Nasca and did "The Best" things there. In Ica there are a lot of sand dunes and the only thing you can do there is use them for sports, nothing else to do in that town. Actually it was the only reason we went there. But it was amazing, sliding down sand hills, lying down or standing on a board at extreme speeds. For us who had no boarding experience or skills it involved some nice falls. But just enjoy.





















And of course there are a lot of nice views to be found in such a deserted place. Oasis or sunsets, its all there.




After Ica we went to Nasca where we visited the Nasca lines. These lines date from 400 B.C. to roughly 1300 A.D. It is amazing to see from the sky, so we had to go by plane. For all of as a first one, such a small plane, but we survived and it was cool. You can see a monkey, a killer whale, a whale, a spider and lots of other things from the sky. So to please the eye.. a few pictures. A condor and a hummingbird.



The two proud passengers sitting in the back, feeling happy oh so happy.

Passports stolen.... as in again robbed

So since we are updating the world of our travels.... Here the lesser update. We were leaving Huaraz to go to Lima and at the busterminal it happened. It is such a shitty happening everytime and again for Henk it is worse. His bag got stolen, with his personal things and our passports. Yes, we know it is not smart to keep three passports in one bag. We know we know!!!

So we went to Lima to the consulate and there we were helped perfectly. One thing about the Dutch, they are efficient. In just one or two weeks, she told us, we can have our passports back. They will even send them to Arequipa or Cusco if we want it. So 47 euro´s lighter we are waiting for the passports... and so the story ends!

Route Peru

Nou hier is voor degene die geen atlas thuis hebben en toch willen weten hoe wij nou precies reizen door Peru, voila!
Dit is de volgorde van de reis:
1. Lima
2. Mancora
3. Trujillo
4. Huaraz
5. Lima
6. Ica
7. Nasca
8. Arequipa
Oh ja, de stippellijnen geven de route aan die wij verwachten nog te gaan doen. Bij Puerto Maldonado gaan we waarschijnlijk de jungle in, maar goed niks staat nog echt vast. Dus we zullen zien!!

Peru with an extra person

Hello everybody, finally a new update it took quite a while to find a pc that worked. But here we are again, and we need to introduce a new member, Birgit. She is Henk´s girlfriend and will be travelling with us for a month. The did not see eachother for three months so you can imagine how happy they where to see eachother at the airport in Lima. So first a happy picture.


We visited Lima just for a day, because we had set our minds to some quality beach time. Nevertheless, Lima is a pretty impressive town. It has a rich culture and it is very chaotic.




With very choatic, we mean cars passing on the left, the right, constantly using the horn and the traffic can get so increadibly chaotic that traffic lights do not work anymore. So they use policemen in open barrels with nice visible hats and of course protection from the sun.


After this short cultural sidestep we went to Mancora, a beach that is famous for its surfers. Yes there were a lot of surfers there, we just went for relaxing so we enjoyed the sun, the beaches and the juices. So parents in Holland don´t be afraid that we do not life the healty life.


And of course a nice picture of the beach and the hostal where we stayed.



Just to let you know, yes we all got sunburned pretty intense..... but hey, we´re Dutch