so how is everybody?? i hope all is well back in the land down under!
where did we leave u all? i beleive it was in Huanchaco, so once we finished that blog, it turned out that there was a ridiculous evening ahead. firstly by dinner where my mustard to eye incident occurred. It was our last supper with our dear diego before a late night bus the next day and then a new tour guide the day after. so being that we all loved diego muchly, we got him a present and a nice big tip for him and a lovely card of thanks. i beleive after a few drinks this caused some tears to his eye (because honestly, who wouldnt be sad to leave us???) and then the night followed on at... THE JUNGLE BAR....at the beach....huh?
being a wednesday night we were the only peopel to occupy the bar, so we had full access to the drinks and music choice and partied on. cocktails and some swaying induced music was played, followed by us belting out old classics, before a few members of our crew busted out the MJ moves quite well. I do beleive this group is muchly awesome and a night full of fun, tap dancing and more drinking continued.
With hangovers nice and pounding the next day we began our extremely long bus ride to Lima. However unlike all the other buses we had been on previously, this one was absolute luxury! Massive reclining chairs, movies, wifi (where tegan and i discovered we could actually use our phones for wifi often, being that there has been free wifi in all our hotels and hostals...however a massive fail that it took us 2.5weeks to realise). The buses were like business class in planes so it was indeed very comfortable. So after watching movies such as ´The proposal´dubbed in spanish (with exglish subtitles) and seeing sandra bullock singing about sweaty balls in español we finally arrived in Lima, however no one was really keen to get off the bus.
Not wanting to say goodbye to Diego, the majority of us stayed up pretty late playing on the computer and chatting up until about 3:30am before retiring to bed. The next day we went for a walk through the miraflores area of Lima going to visit different parks such as the ´lovers park´. oh how romantic! Lima was very pretty by the coast, but we couldnt spend long because we had to get back to the hotel to meet up with our new tour guide and say our final goodbyes to our new friend.
It´s funny how sad everyone was that Diego was leaving, even a few tears fell from faces when he left. Its a rarity that someone could get along with everybody so well in so many different ways that when they have left they have left a huge sadness as well :(.
We had to keep our cheers up though in meeting our new tour guide for PEru, Oli. he seems pretty cool, and he took us for a walk around the old town that afternoon. the buildings were so pretty and we absolutely loved them. we made our way to the san fransisco church (yes another one) where we had a tour. it was such a pretty church and OMG THE OLD LIBRARY WAS THE BEST. i beleive sally and i were having nerd-gasms just looking at all the old books and spiral staircases, both itching to get our hands on all the centuries old books. I, for one, didn´t want to leave. We then went under the church into the catacombs which was somewhat creepy/some what cool, and i am pretty sure i have now breathed in bone dust. ew. but i did enjoy it immensely (the tour, not the bone dust inhalation).
All in all, the day was a mix of emotions, which can only be portrayed through one facial expression. haha (in joke).
We went out for dinner and then retired to bed pretty early.
The next day we left for Pisco. There wasn´t a whole lot at pisco as the town crumbled 3 years ago due to a massive earth quake and they are all trying to rebuild. So we went out for dinner (as always) and had to ofcourse order pisco sours. the best drink ever! its mighty strong, but mighty delicious, that i think i want to marry it. is it possible/legal to marry an alcoholic beverage?? if so, sign me up!
The next morning (aka this morning) we got up early for a massively packed day of fun. It began with a boat trip to Pesquero island which is full of sea lions and pengiuns and pelicans and many more birds. It was pretty amazing, and we even got to see peruvian boobies! ...oh come on now, grow up you giggling children, its a bird, not the chestal region of peruvian women. sheesh, its like talking to teenagers! (admittedly, i had a bit of a giggle...hehe...boobies). The sea lions were so cute and it reminded me of my pathetic dog wesley, who i am sure was a seal in a past life...or this one...now dressing in drag in a ginger suit.
It was pretty amazing and we got some wonderful shots at all the birds and islands and scenery, i loved it.
We then hopped on another bus to get to Ica. Here there was a ranom lake in the middle of the desert. we hopped in some dune buggies and headed over the massive sand dunes. It was like a big roller coaster and such an adrenaline rush! and who has eaten half a desert of sand today? WE DID! WE DID! The scenery again was breath taking, and i am sure the delerium hit in from the heat in the middle of the desert, i swear i started to see gingers...oh wait, thats sally,...has she been here the whole time...?
We hopped out of the buggies and went sand boarding, lying on our stomachs on the boards and going down some massive sand dunes. so much fun, but it looked completely scary. i nearly didn´t do it, mostly because im chicken, but i am definately glad i pushed my boundaries and did it. it was worth it, and after all, this trip is definately about pushing some boundaries.
Once we were covered in sand from head to toe, we headed back into the town and jumped into the pool. it was bliss after roaming around in the desert for the last couple of hours. And off we were again on the next bus to Nazca. we stopped along the day to climb a tower to get the first hint of the nazca lines during sun set, but we will be going up in a plane tomorrow to check them all out. Pretty excited.
Anyway, thats where i am going to love you and leave you for now, because im tired, and my hands are about to drop off as this keyboard is quite stubborn, and i am not going to sacrifice my fingers for u. no siry bob!
OH, first before i go, there is one quick story that i want to share. remember when we told you that Jo said to Diego ¨Bend over! dont ask questions¨ ?? and then proceeded to leap frog him whilst his pants were down. well she was hobbling around for about a week thinking she had a bruised heel. Turns out she fractured her foot. I am not the only one who breaks their feet when drunk thankyou very much, so as long as she keeps off it for the next few days it will heal as its only a small fracture, so she will be all good to hike Macchu Picchu next week. also the tour doctor spoke to me on the phone the other night about my altitude sickness for the hike, and he gave me more pills. also he insists that i drink 3 bottles of gatorade a day leading up to the hike and during it. Talk about sending me off on a sugar high. I apologise in advance Sally... i shall try to keep my sugar induced annoyances to a minimum. :D its the doctors orders, i swear!
Ok, now i am off like a rocket ;)
I shall see you all on the flip side.
Peace out, stay black, and keep it cooooooool bananas.
Love Ruby xoxoxoxoxoxoxox
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