On arrival at the bus station, we enquired about our confirmed 21:30 bus only to be told that it didn`t exist!!! In fact, the last bus from Ica to Arequipa left at 20:30 and was full. Furious with our bus company who had confirmed the wrong time twice, had in fact (without notifying us) booked us onto the 19:30 bus. So, back to Huacachina we went with the intention of getting the 11:00 bus the next morning. The bus company, not believing there was a bus at 11:00,...

We arrived in Paracas, it´s tiny but has a Hilton!! We booked onto a tour of the National Reserve on which we got the perfect opportunity to practice our french with a pair of Swiss sisters (one of which had worked in the same ski resort as Anna- small world) and a French couple. However, we frequently ended up saying ´merci` to the Peruvian guide. The setting was incredible, especially due to the fact that we were on the on Pacific coast, surrounded by sand ...