nasca and Ica

After the fiascos early on in traveling, things are finally going smoother and I have begun to enjoy myself more. We arrived in Ica on Thursday and went early the next morning to the Huacachina, the oasis a few miles outside of town. It is a beautiful lake surrounded by palm trees in the middle of rolling sandunes that stretch from Ica all the way to the coast. From the top of the sand dunes the view is just great becuase the desert seems to go on forever in one direction but in the other direction are the Andes mountains. We spent three full days there enjoying the sun, the sand dunes (including sandboarding) and making and selling jewelery. Today we traveled to Nasca where the famous Nasca Lines are. Tomorrow we are going to do actual tourism here so I will let you know what I learn about the nasca lines and nasca culture. Supposedly pretty cool.