After a fairly uneventful day at Paracas and Pisco we made our way to a place called Huacachina by bus. It is here we would get involved in the Ica desert and partake in sand boarding which was something I had been told we should not miss here in Peru.

Wow what a fantastic day. Huacachina is a satellite tourist spot close to the centre town of Ica which is desert country really. You go and stay there just to set yourself up for the sand boarding and you accept the mild tourist trap that comes with it. You book yourself on a sand boarding trip into the desert and away you go.

You and your brave team mates get into desert buggies and are whisked away into the desert at high speed and it turn into a high speed chase into the sunset. Its all very dramatic (as is this description I know) but its like a fun fair ride and not for the faint hearted. The adrenalin rush and sense of danger is nuts as you wonder if the driver knows where he is going or if he is going to hit another buggy as these things top probably close to 70mph in the desert going up and down steeps.
Then you are dropped off at the top of a desert mountain and passed often make shift snowboard. The more experienced ones strap themselves in and take off upright while the beginners like me attempt their first down hill dive on a board on their front.

Its the most fun I have had in years and our Peru trip has suddenly taken off with a bang.