Saturday June 27, 2009
After saying farewell in Cordova, we took a 3-hour car ride westward, crossing the Andes, to the city of Ica for a little fun prior to heading north to Lima for our next leg of the journey to the Pasco region. In Ica we joined up with Anthony Tijero, Steven Cymerman, Raul the principal, and his wife Rosa for a day of tourist fun. Two visits to the wineries for wine tasting and a briefing on the art of making Pisco, Peru’s famed and popular liquor. But the adrenaline rush of the day was when the guys took up a 1.5-hour doonbuggy ride at Lake Huacachina that sped them across the sand, onto the vast sand dunes of Ica, and up the highest peaks for the most thrilling sandboarding any of the guys has ever experienced.
Getting sandboarding gears at Lake Huacachina
Riding the dunes in our buggy
Off the buggy and onto the slope
Brian waving from the bottom of the dune after his slide.
This was the easy one, for practice. The “oh my god” one is yet to come.
The three back spots on top of this “oh my god” dune: Brian Bui, Steven Cymerman, Anthony Tijero
Look very carefully and you’ll see a white spot sliding down the dune … that’s Brian!
After this knock-the-wind-out-of-me slide, Brian declared “Mi papa es el mejor padre”
Right in the middle of the desert and amidst the sand dunes is … a lush oasis
All nature, no man-made planting or irrigation
And far away on the horizon is the outline of the Andes
Got the thirst from all that sandboarding? …. Wine!
