We were still on the bus when the sun came up and it felt like we had a decent enough sleep through the night. There was still a lot of desert and canyons down the coast which is supposedly due to the cold water currents running north up the coast. Despite the sunshine there is very little evaporation of sea water to come onshore as rain. As we headed inland towards Arequipa, it became a little bit more fertile with fields that had crops in them. The bus eventu...

We had planned to spend day at pool but it was cloudy so we just spent time in the room watching television and sorting out some pictures for the blog. By the time we checked out our room at 1pm, the sun finally came out. We met Andy and Carlee for lunch at Bamboo House, the food was so good and there were more things on the menu that needed to be sampled. The rest of the afternoon was spent by the pool while the sun was out and then a final walk around lagoon...

We decided after our dune tour yesterday that we would use the same guy, Hipolito, to take us on a wine and pisco tour. He promised us 3 wineries as opposed to the normal two and it would just be the four of us in a private car. We were picked up at 11am and were surprised with the car. The photo in his marketing materiel showed a nice new car even though he was driving a old, ****** car. Our ride turned out to be a brand new car with AC and electric windows - ...

Breakfast was surprisingly early in our hotel, it started at 6am and finished at 9am. We left it as late possible and because there were very few guests it wasn't a problem. It was a buffet breakfast with eggs cooked by the chef, so plenty to fill us up for the day. Our 'work' for the day was to look for winery tour tomorrow. Huacachina is a very small place, a little oasis in the desert built around a small lagoon, so it was very quick to walk around. We spo...