Travel to Ica

We took the local "Peru-bus" from Lima to Ica yesterday. We were told it would take only 3 hours. Apparently that is only of you take the VIP bus. The local state run buses are run for the people and rightly so. In this desolate region, the bus stops for people along the route. This is similar to the local busses in India.

Another thing that I did not realize was that this part of Peru is a desert(don't know if this leads all the way to the Atacama in Chile). We are right now in Huancachina 5 km off of Ica. I have seen dunes in Rajhasthan before, but they did not seem to be so tall( maybe in the interior they are).

Anyway, the ride here last night had a very surreal feeling. The setting sun on this desolate landscape gave a feeling of us being on the Mars rover looking upon an alien landscape. Very very cool, but for the fact that, the bus was showing a poor, loud, Spanish dubbed version of the Avengers movie. On top of that, the driver was playing folk music loudly on his stereo. I was so much hoping that they would turn off everything and that we would have a second of peace and quiet, but no. I did have a chance to enjoy the desert in peace, during our morning ride to Isles Ballestas. It was awesome. Nicole will have more on our trip to the bird infested islands : ).