Guys, guys, guys!!
Today was the best day so far, definitely.
Arrived in Huacachina (waa-kaa-tsjie-na) today, it was so bloody hot. It is such a weird thing that Huacachina is an Oasis in the middle of the desert. There are basically three things to do in Huacachina: Dune buggying, sand boarding and drinking lots of alcohol. I’m not a big fan of the hird option but very excited about the first two.
I can tell you, dune buggying was the SHIT! It was very thrilling and exciting. It was basically like a rollercoaster. A lot of ups and downs with a ‘car’ straight out of the Mad Max films. Sitting upfront was definitely the most fun and the driver was doing all kinds of crazy routes for us. We were mostly doing 80 km/hours. I have no idea how high or steep the dunes were though.
The group existed of 9 people and the driver. Since we were al very exciting and yelling ‘vamos’ all the time he also picked out the most challenging dunes for us to slide of off. In my silly enthousiasm I offered to go second and missed some instructions which resulted in me rolling down the hill instead of sliding. Which was not as fun as I had imagined and mostly just painful. You should have seen my face, full of sand. I’m still getting it out of my nose and ears haha. Luckily, Sabrine got my tumble on video and it is the funniest thing ever.
After a few more dunes we went to see the sunset over the desert and oases, so beautiful.
As a cherry on top of today I actually had my first warm shower since the third of October! Which was an amazing timing because there was sand everywhere. I’m going to find sand in my nose and ears for a while probably.
Eventhough my back and legs will match the color of the ocean soon, it was totally worth it!