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Huacachina, Peru: The City of Sand
Sand as Far as the Eye can See After a 5 hour bus from Lima to Ica, we whistled for a taxi and raced around looming sand dunes. Out of the dusty cab windows, all we could see was sand, sun, and sand-boarders gliding down the dunes. The sun in Huacachina was a definite contrast to the gray and always misting Lima. I actually felt like I might get a tan and feel like I was on a vacation. Lima had been busy and loud, Huacachina was definitely and thankfully the opposite. Pulling up to this small desert oasis surrounded by dune buggies, I knew it was going to be…