Lima to Nasca

Sorry it's been so long since i posted, i'm way behind!
We arrived in Lima after two weeks roughing it but loving the stone forest. We were clearly ready for some luxuries and I enjoyed many a fine meal, a milkshake and ice cream. It was a pretty nice city, we enjoyed some trips to museums to discover ancient Incan culture who from the pottery were clearly an erotic bunch! We also managed to find the local climbing wall and met some really friendly local climbers who advised us of some top spots to go.

Some people were also leaving the truck so sadly we had to say goodbye to them but also welcome others. This was done by some ace dancing to the classic reggaeton music down pizza alley named after the fact every other restaurant was a pizzeria. Sadly one of these nights meant the end of my attachment to my University of Leicester mountaineering hoody as it was swiped off the chair while I was busy boogying! Hopefully it has gone to a good home!

After two days of expense we were pretty keen to leave Lima but after getting 2km out of the city Ernie's brakes failed and we ran into the back of a taxi. This meant an extra two days in Lima whilst the brakes got fixed. So lots more eating and drinking continued till we finally left.

After Lima our next main destination was the famous Nasca. I couldn't justify paying 100 dollars to go in a plane to see some lines in the ground so instead i paid 2 dollars to climb a small tower and see lines depicting a hand and a tree, or maybe a lizard. At Nasca I has another one of my highlights of the trip. 5 of us took a sandbuggy into the desert visiting ancient Nasca civilisations and burial mounds before we had a go at sand boarding. This was awesome fun. The scenery making it even more special, i love the lines that dunes create, especially against the setting sun. I took reasonably well to the boarding although not being able to turn made it a bit dull. Most fun was lying on your tummy and hurtling down the dune. On the very last run i stacking it and landed square on my bottom, it still hurts as i write this 6 weeks later, boo! As the sun went down the desert turned super chilly and we drove back across the dunes to Nasca, a cracking day!
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