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OK, I'm skipping a couple days here (from Quito to Lima), but I will get back to them at some point. Peru has been a very interesting and diverse country. Basically all of the coastal plains are vast deserts of dirt, rock, sand and an ever present haze. Today I made it to
Huacachina, which is this really cool little oasis in the desert surrounded by these massive sand dunes. It was a scorching hot day today, but I didn't really care I was determined to go sand boarding.
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Sand boarding is an interesting sport to say the least (much like snowboarding, but when you fall you get scoarched from the sand vs froze from the snow). Next time I try it though I think I want go with a tour group so they take you to the top by sand buggies verses, trudging up through the sand. Wow, was that tiring. I only got like 5 runs in then I was done. I had to go for a dip in the lagoon (a nice cold lake).