Peru time

With great sadness, we left Easter Island....we had such a wonderful time and we wished we had another day there. But after 8 hours of flying we have found ourselves in Peru.

We arrived at 2am and the next day was the only one we had in Lima....our hotel was quite a trek from the main plaza so we decided to to stick to Miraflores, the district where we were located as we had to do some washing and get some money out etc.

The weather was scorchio....we headed out for lunch at an awesome place where we had more ceviche and scallops, squid, octopus and white fish washed down with a cold beer and a glass of ice cold white wine.  We then walked down to the fancy shopping area as it is right next to the sea with lovely views.  On the way back to the hotel Tim got a Peruvian haircut....thankfully they didn't give him a number one all over!!

We then met our new tour group full of Aussies, Kiwis, British and Swiss....

We are currently in Nasca where we have been to the pre Inca cemetry full of mummies....it was quite a strange experience, then we went to see how the local pottery was made and expertly painted.

Rastafarian mummies (look closely)

Peruvian potter

 Yesterday we started the day with a boat trip to the Ballesteros Islands (as I call them) and saw lots of birds, sea lions and penguins.  We also saw a Nasca line which looked like a palm tee and was over 100m tall and 70m wide.

Bumpy boat ride

Nasca line

Then we went for a pisco tasting at the pisco winery. After lunch we went to an oasis where they had enormous sand dunes and we went in the dune buggies which was an adrenaline fuelled experience as we got thrown all over the place, it was like a rollercoaster...then sand boarding (take a look at it on you tube) where I screamed all the way down...we did three separate runs but I went over a bump at the end of the last one and now have a bruised head to show for it....it was so much fun though.

The oasis

Keep your hands inside the ride

On top of the dunes

A mear feast after a hard day

Unfortunately I have been struck down with travellers' tummy for the third time on our trip so far which is, quite literally, a pain in the arse!  Anyway that is probably too much information, so I hope you are all well.

She gets everywhere

Bye for now. xxx