Semana Santa-Holy Week
2009-04-14, Ica, Peru. By: fizzlepops

[b] Semana Santa-Holy Week [/b] All Peru Peace Corps volunteers relieve extra vacation days for Holy Week (the week leading up to Easter Sunday). I traveled with four fellow volunteers to the dep...

Sand boarding
2008-01-13, Ica, Peru. By: lostrock

A few km from Ica is the oasis of Huacachina. Easily gotten to by taxi from the bus drop off in Ica. There are quite a few hostals here so no reason to book ahead, off season that is. Built in a circ...

I remember when ...........
2007-04-19, Ica, Peru. By: rossycaz

A short bus journey (2hours) to Ica and then a taxi to the oasis of Huacachina and our first real travelers hostal, full of dreadlocks, tattoos and stripey, baggy trousers (these have been on sale in ...

In two words, Machu Picchu
2007-03-14, Ica, Peru. By: nutanp

I have just returned from my four day, three night trek along the Inca Trail and, my oh my, what an experience. If I could convey what I feel at this very moment I would be thrilled, but I don't beli...

Colca Canyon
2005-10-24, Ica, Peru. By: cindysue

We left early on Monday to join a tour to the Colca Canyon. The Colca Canyon is reputedly the deepest canyon in the world at 3000 metres. It is also the home of the Condors, the largest birds in the...

Arequipa
2005-10-23, Ica, Peru. By: cindysue

After viewing the Nazca lines, we spent a couple of hours killing time in Nazca (not much there), and left for Arequipa by overnight bus at 11pm. The buses here are great for traveling - for the pric...

Nazca Lines
2005-10-22, Ica, Peru. By: cindysue

After a few precious hours sleep we got on a bus to Nazca - it was only two hours from Huacachina, but it was a very long two hours! We ended up sitting on the back seat, under which the engine is loc...

Huacachina
2005-10-21, Ica, Peru. By: cindysue

Huacachina was just amazing - what a great start to the holiday! After a braai at the hostel, we got to bed just before sunrise and awoke to a beautiful hot day. We spent the morning lounging around...

London to Lima
2005-10-18, Ica, Peru. By: cindysue

I got back from Ibiza on Tuesday and Janine and I left for Peru the next morning at 7am. What a marathon journey! It was 22.5 hours from the time we left my house in Wimbledon until we walked into o...

Pizza in Ica
2004-12-11, Ica, Peru. By: empathy

The girl could not have been more than 20 years old. She had been working in the pizzeria for more than 2 years. It was the only place I could find that had something vegetarian to eat. She works 10 h...

Happy Birthday to Me
2004-08-09, Ica, Peru. By: Viajeros

Good Morning, people! I thought I would write a little note for you all in comemoration of my silver anniversary, my first quarter century, the beginning of the second half of my third decade. I...