Sandsurfing In Peru

As a part of my trip to Lima and brain break from language school, I went with a few friends to Ica, Peru for sandsurfing. It was a blast! Ica is about a 3-4 hour bus ride south of Lima, and unlike Lima right now, it has clear skies and powdery sand. For about 12 dollars one company took us out on a dunebuggy (which was so awesome, like a natural rollercoaster!). After our ride, we got to sandsurf on 4 different dunes.



I wasn’t the most graceful person on the sandboard, that’s for sure! I laugh now because I had visions of me doing some jumps and sandboarding coming natural to me, but I was far from that! I couldn’t tell you how many times I tumbled down the dunes! My second attempt I thought that I might be able to sit back a bit and go down. It was fun for a few seconds before my board started aiming straight down the dune, I couldn’t steer it, and the next thing I knew I was going headfirst, and getting the breath knocked out of me with each tumble. The 3rd dune was quite steep, and I let my fear after my last experience get the best of me. I went down the hill so slowly! I’m sure Andrew and Isreal could have gone down 3 more times at the rate I was going! The 4th and last dune was a doozy! I went down on my belly, head first, which was by far the easiest and most fun way I used going down the dunes. I could control my speed with my feet, and the sand really didn’t get all in my face like I thought it would!



Although I lack much skill with this sport, I hope to return again sometime. Maybe next time I´ll have more air in my face than the sand!