Oasis

Yo yo!

Here we are in the middle of the desert in Huacacina! We are here for one night (una noche)! Took us a good four hours to get here from Lima on a double decker coach bus. The bus station was in Miraflores, which is hella nicer than the area we are staying at in central Lima. :p The houses there look like they are made by Ikea, all colourful and geometric.

At the bus station, we noticed a group of Japanese tourists. We were looking at them the same way everyone else looks at us. Asian people! OMG.

The others are currently sunbathing (naked), so I decided I would hide out in the hotel. Not because I am bashful (who does not love nakednes?), but more because of the fact that I am a nice shade of red on my shoulders. I am not used to showing skin, and my skin is not used to Peruvian sun. This swanky hotel we are currently staying at has free internet! And a hair dryer! And cups! Yay. Sadly, the pool is under construction. (Heh, I don´t actually care.) It has been one day, but it feels more like 20 since it seems like so much has happened.

Part 2 of day 1 included a 20 minute pay phone incident and an unpleasant drunken hotel employee.

Currently, Brenda´s stomach is... on the fritz. I will leave the memorable quote up to her. :p Have not touched the ceviche yet, but we have been drinking a lot of warm Coke. No ice!

We are going to go sandboarding at 5 today con dune buggy. In some of the places, they just have ghetto looking snowboards (boots and bindings too).

The Chinese food was not bad. The restaurant was listed in Brenda´s Frommers book. Quite edible, but the Shanghai fried noodles with beef lacked colour, and we were hoping to lean on Chinese to get around there, but as was said before: no chinos in Chinatown, not even the restaurant employees.
The Legoman (Alejandro = formerly known as Jorge) is a spaceman. And he is also having a blast. :)

I´m going to go pass out on a bed now before sandboarding. Seems necessary. :p
Take care and thanks for reading!

UPDATE:
Sandboarding was okay. I tried once standing upright, and me and the girl from Germany both agreed that it was not possible, so the rest of the times was on my belly. Eat sand! The dune buggy ride was awesome!! They drive you up a hill from the oasis, and all you can see are sand dunes. Then our man, Jesus (hey zeus), drove like a maniac on very hilly land. It was like a rollercoaster without the tracks. Unfortunately, they stuck some old lady with heart problems on our buggy who complained, and he had to slow down so she would not have a heart attack. But Jesus was nice enough to drop her off at one of the stops and take us for a little youthful fun at one point. Yes yes, we tipped him.

Finally tried ceviche! It was salty goodness. Like citrus sashimi. :p I know AliceT was staring at my dinner the whole time. I pick the good stuff.

Ran into some fellow Canadians! We were so excited to meet people who didn`t immediately peg us as ¨chinas¨. Really, really excited. :p I like nice Canadians. :D And the nice Israeli tourists as well, who let us take their cab.

We should have a count of how many times we say ¨diarrhea¨... seems like Brenda had the most rational fear. :p And how! I can make a list of all her sayings already and it is only day two. Wow.

Pictures to come soon. Er... not of diarrhea. Oh, and toilets without seats are scary, apparently.