So we arrived in Huacachina on Thursday evening much to the relief of both of us after staying in Pisco! Huacachina is a small oasis about 5km from Ica where we got dropped off. As soon as we arrived we dropped off our bags and headed for something to eat with a friend, Annie whom we met on the coach. Huacachina was amazing (as you can see by the pictures), although you really have to be there to appreciate it! Have never been anywhere ´desert like´ so was...

So....arrived in Pisco, where you get dropped on the PanAmerican highway, from which you then have to get a taxi into the town. We were lucky and met 2 american guys on the bus who we shared a taxi with into Pisco. They wern´t staying in the same place as us though...we got dropped off first and it was a case of, grab bags, run for the hostel door, and stay inside all evening!! Pisco was very run down (due to the earthquake that destroyed most of it a few yea...

Arrived in Lima on the 31st May after what seemed like a really long flight (despite it only being half the journey to Australia!) and got a taxi to our hostel in a district of Lima called Miraflores. Spent our first day in Central Lima, which was very run down and quite gloomy!! Walked around the streets near the Plaza de Armas (didn´t want to stray too far as it was quite a scary place to start on our first day!!). Visited the San Francisco convent to get ...