John heard a car come in just on daylight. Later we visited the two guys fishing off the rocks, and they had caught 3 small fish each, using little swimming
bugs and limpets for bait.
There was a large Christian Cross overlooking the ocean near-by. The three vultures perched there-on added a sureal note to the vista
Turned inland on good yellow road covered occasionally in dunes. Road progressively got rougher and hence slower. Color contrast in dunes was fantastic and reminded us of the living-room sand scapes popular in the late 70's.
Sad
that there were many wheel tracks everywhere. 30km’s of this lovely
clean environment then a rubbish dump in the middle of nowhere. The
surrounding fence was falling down but had collected most of the plastic. Once past the entrance the road side was progressively more
covered in rubbish. Either it falls off the
trucks or people get
sick of the terrible road and just dump it. Or maybe both. For the
next 12km's into town rubbish everywhere really made us feel sick.
Next reed mat suburbs where lots of small huts made from mats but
with no people around. As we got closer the suburbs became more
developed with more permanent buildings shops etc.
Then the main town
of Ica, Had a quick look at oasis. Nicely done but surrounded by commercial dune buggies.
There was a large Christian Cross overlooking the ocean near-by. The three vultures perched there-on added a sureal note to the vista
Turned inland on good yellow road covered occasionally in dunes. Road progressively got rougher and hence slower. Color contrast in dunes was fantastic and reminded us of the living-room sand scapes popular in the late 70's.
Sad
that there were many wheel tracks everywhere. 30km’s of this lovely
clean environment then a rubbish dump in the middle of nowhere. The
surrounding fence was falling down but had collected most of the plastic. Once past the entrance the road side was progressively more
covered in rubbish. Either it falls off the
trucks or people get
sick of the terrible road and just dump it. Or maybe both. For the
next 12km's into town rubbish everywhere really made us feel sick.
Next reed mat suburbs where lots of small huts made from mats but
with no people around. As we got closer the suburbs became more
developed with more permanent buildings shops etc.
Then the main town
of Ica, Had a quick look at oasis. Nicely done but surrounded by commercial dune buggies.Did some shopping at Plaza Vea. Some supermarkets have gum leaves in their vegie department. We are yet to discover how they are cooked/eaten.
Met a Gold Coast couple also heading south. They had a worse border crossing than us - 4 days! The computer had their car permit for only 4 days and their paper copy was 90… so at $365 per day some $25,000
owing.
Headed south to Nazca lines a good road. Paid s/-3 to climb platform to look.
Interesting lines. Climbed some small
hills and looked at another area.
Met some Columbian bikers going to Cuzco but indicated they were heading wrong way.
Continued to the Nazca township, turned inland and camped on a sandy hill which was actually just dust. Great sealed road lots of corners and trucks. Trucks very good at indicating safe to pass with their left indicator.