Our next stop down the coast from Nasca was the little beach at Atiquipa which for me was a very pleasant two day stop. When we arrived and saw the track down to the beach we all shuddered as we remembered the terror of getting the truck to other destinations but this time Ernie gracefully made her way down the steep switchbacks and onto a gorgeous wide open beach. Either side of the beach were two headlands with granite boulders scattered all over.
While our driver chris got to work setting up his hammock on the local football goals the rest of us set about exploring the boulders. The potential from the beach was not so as we struggled to find lots of good boulders. Still we did find some and got to know new hot rockers such as woodie from Australia and Jen and Simon from New Zealand. My finger tips were still pretty wrecked from Hatun Machay so found the granite very hard going but still managed some good problems. After the first day i put some awesome tunes on my ipod and did a 2 hour workout on the beach and football goals before dinner. Felt really good and while the others indulged in a strange undressing party I headed off and found a beautiful spot to bivouac on the beach.
The following day after funny tales of last nights shananigans we went to explore the other side of the beach and again found very little of promise but still enjoyed exploring. Four of us then went for a dip in the pacific which I expected to be reasonably warm, how wrong i was, it was freezing and ended up playing that game where you run childishly away from the incoming waves. After the most amazing run ever music again being the answer I felt it was my turn to have a party so enlisted a few others with a bottle of run and some French techno and we had a jolly good night. Someone suggested we all draw on tatoos in permanent markers so that was next to follow. I was most happy with my Southampton FC logo on the arm which stayed on for a good week after, probable due to the lack of showers available!
The next morning after being groggily served breakfast in bivvy by Jon we made it back up the track with no difficulties and continued on to our next destination - the historic city of Arequipa.
Photos below
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