We travelled down the coast of Peru and I'm still so gutted that my camera is broken because again, there are so many amazing things that you see, just outside the bus window as you travel. Coastal Peru truly is a desert, the sand dunes go forever and there are also a lot of mines and therefore we saw a lot of little shanty-looking mine towns on the way ... I don't know why but they really fascinated me. I'd love to know how those people live, there really was nothing there but desert and their 'houses' were lucky if they were 10squared metres.

We stayed in Paracas, which is just outside of Pisco as Pisco was pretty much completely devastated in the 8.1 2007 earthquake .. you can certainly still see the aftermath of rubble and crumpled/cracked buildings still throughout the city.

In the morning we went out to the Ballestra islands, aka 'Poor man's Gallopagus'. This was pretty great - considering especially how much cheaper than the Galapogos it was! We saw thousands of birds, soo many sealions and penguins but unfortunately were not lucky enough to see any dolphins on our trip.

We were on the road again after the boat trip and went via a cute family run Pisco factory. We saw how they still traditionally make Pisco and, got a few too many tastings! The pure pisco, not so good - and, kinda burns. But Pisco sours and other more wine type blends are really delicious!

Another stop on the way for some sandboarding just outside Ica! Amazing, gorgeous crystal clear sanddunes as far as the eye could see. We went dune bashing - so much fun, crazier than a roller coaster and much more fun. We did a couple of sandboarding attempts, I would've liked to have done this after the Inca Trail and I would've stood up with less fear of braking something!

We arrived in to Nazca just as the sun was setting and we climbed up the tower to see a couple of the famous Nazca lines. We heard the story of how pre-Inca people drew them to try and trick the Gods in to thinking they were the constellations that appear in the sky when it rains (Jan - March but still no more than 3cm) so it would rain more. Pretty amazing to think how long they've lasted - due to the complete lack of rain in the area mainly. We only saw a couple but decided not to take the plane ride over as was hugely expensive so tomorrow is just a day to chill and enjoy the winter desert heat in Nazca.