Balkans and Latin America
We were based in Pisco in a small hotel with the sea view (sounds better than it is though). What I remember most from the city is an extremely intensive smell of fish oil and old raw fish due to the fish industry, and the sand wherever you look. This place is one of the most seismically active areas, which as well affects the design of the houses - why build tall beautifull buildings if they most probably will be destroyed by the next earthquake anyway.
Pisco and Ica themselves are not interesting. What is worth seeing is the desert oasis Huacachina. We spend the whole day in this magical place. The girls took the extreme sandcar tour, where a sandcar drives on the highest speed up and down the dunas, and afterwards you slide down the sand on sandboards. I preferred climbing up on the highest duna to enjoy the view. After quite an exhaustive hike, with sand in my teeth, hair and eyes, I was finally on the top, watching this miracle and sharing impressions with new friends from Argentina and Sweden. One of the highlights from the trip!
zhanna.kryukova
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Peru - Fish oil and sand in Pisco
January 10, 2017
We were based in Pisco in a small hotel with the sea view (sounds better than it is though). What I remember most from the city is an extremely intensive smell of fish oil and old raw fish due to the fish industry, and the sand wherever you look. This place is one of the most seismically active areas, which as well affects the design of the houses - why build tall beautifull buildings if they most probably will be destroyed by the next earthquake anyway.
Pisco and Ica themselves are not interesting. What is worth seeing is the desert oasis Huacachina. We spend the whole day in this magical place. The girls took the extreme sandcar tour, where a sandcar drives on the highest speed up and down the dunas, and afterwards you slide down the sand on sandboards. I preferred climbing up on the highest duna to enjoy the view. After quite an exhaustive hike, with sand in my teeth, hair and eyes, I was finally on the top, watching this miracle and sharing impressions with new friends from Argentina and Sweden. One of the highlights from the trip!
1.
The Journey
2.
The travel plan
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Dobre doshli!
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My parents' village and more
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Rupite hot springs
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Random pictures of the city of Sandansky
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A lesson of Bulgarian
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Sofia - part I
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Sofia - part II
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The Halloween and other regular days in Sandanski
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Bienvenido a Buenos Aires!
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You know that you are in Buenos Aires when...
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Buenos Aires - Polo, pancakes and street art
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Argentina - Tango and friends at its best: La isla del baile
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Buenos Aires - The cemetry of Recoleta
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Buenos Aires - Happy New Christmas
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Buenos Aires - the Russian experience
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Buenos Aires - A theatrical book store
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Peru!
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Peru - Melting heat and gastronomical paradise in Lima
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Peru - Beach time in Lima
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Peru - Heading to Ica and Pisco
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Peru - Fish oil and sand in Pisco
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Peru - Arequipa, the white pearl
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Peru - The colors of Titicaca
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Peru - Cusco and its surroundings, following the Inca's footsteps
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Peru - Macchu Picchu
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Patagonia, or the long way to Neuquen
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Patagonia, or the day when we did not go to Chile
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Patagonia - Parque nacional Los Alerces
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Patagonia - Cajón del Azul
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Patagonia - how we accidentially climbed the Piltriquitron mountain
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Uruguay - a time travel to Colonia
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Uruguay - the happy hippy life in Valizas and the sand paradize in Cabo Polonio
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Argentina - Iguazú waterfalls
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Argentina - MendozETI
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Hasta mañana corazón
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Buenos Aires Querido
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Back to the Balcans. A half-day escape to Macedonia
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Bulgaria - Jazz Festival in Bansko
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Bulgaria - Pirin National Park
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Athens - meeting the Greek gods
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Bulgaria - The Rila monastery, the cave and the Stob pyramids
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Back to the new old life
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