Day 4

Day 4

Well i am almost too tired to write this. It's been an action packed day. I will summarize it quickly.

8am boat tour to ballistas islands in Paracas. Saw penguins, sea lions and beautiful islands. At first it seemed like there was going to be 5 or 6 sea lions visible sun tanning. Then right near the end of the 2 hour tour we pulled up to a rocky beach that must've had over 100 of them, and they were loud. 

As we left, our boat's motor kicked out and we became stranded. All the other tourist boats went by us as other people waved at us either sympathetically or mockingly, not sure. Eventually (half hour later of rocking on the sea) our driver, who had seemed like he was doing arts and crafts with the available supplies, got it up and running.

Next was a wine tour, which was hot, kind of interesting, and we got to try wine. 

More importantly was the dine buggying and sandboarding. Crazy roller coaster through the desert. Not sure it would make safety standards in Canada. I was in the back and was sure I must've gotten the worst of it. We then arrived at our 3 sand boarding dunes, which gradually increased in size and steepness. Only a few were brave enough to try standing up, I did not, as I still plan on getting up machu pichu. The rest of us lay down on our stomach and went down face first. 

Luckily afterwards we had a nice poolside lunch and swim to get the sand that we hadn't inhaled out of our clothes and ears and hair. 

Now, happily settled at the hotel in Nasca, and waking up early to visit a viewing tower to see the nasca lines tomorrow.

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