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Week 3&4: Fun in the dunes and some more hiking

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After more or less 2 days in buses and waiting rooms, I was happy to finally arrive at the beach again. Paracas. I had seen beautiful pictures from another traveler and convinced Eef to join me there. I had planned to stay there at least 2 nights to relax a bit. When I arrived I somehow didn't like it too much. Can't really describe why, just didn't feel it. So we decide to move on the next afternoon to the oasis Huacachina and use the morning for the two tourist attractions in Paracas. We started with a boat trip to the Islas Ballestas. Together with 20 other boats we made a short boat ride to the islands, which are also called poor man's Galapagos. The amount of animals was amazing. Thousands of birds and sea lions. We also so 3-4 vultures and penguins. A good trip for taking photos, but not my highlight. After that we took a minivan into the national reserve, which is the start of the desert. Here we met nice people and had some beautiful coast views. You could have...

My first 2 weeks in Peru: Beach & Mountains. what more do I need?

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Ok, here I am. 3am arriving at the airport of Lima. Luckily I have already booked a hostel and a taxi to get me there. And then the first test of my basic Spanish. The conversation with the taxi driver is a bit slower and more complicated than it usually would be, but we understand each other more or less! Arriving in the hostel I am quite lucky: an empty 4 bed dorm. Wohoo! After a couple hours of sleep I am surprisingly fit and directly join a free walking tour of Lima. I really enjoyed it. Met very nice people (although a lot of Germans), started off with a free taster of delicious Lima craft beer, then a great tour through Lima and learning a lot about its history and finishing with a free pisco sampling. They do know how to increase their tips, giving us drinks just before we pay them. A part of the group then went together for lunch and then visited the monastery & catacombs of San Francisco. Nice place but not comparable to the ones in Paris. The next day I walked around Mi...