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Huacachina, Peru Sandboarding Adventure
Welcome to the tiny little village of Huacachina, Peru. Its a village that grew up around a oasis, in the desert, and it used to be where rich people would have retreats. Nowadays, its part of the Gringo Trail in Peru, and known as a party stop for white people. Ive found out why, too! The whole region is a giant playground!
In the massive sand dunes that surround the oasis, you can hire a driver to take you out in a dune-buggy an experience much like a roller coaster, except that you could pick your own route, and encourage the driver to go faster or to try to get air. It was a very unique experience, one I cant imagine experiencing anywhere else in the world.
After driving around in the dunes for a while, we got to the top of the dune and pulled out the sandboards! They were actually snowboards but modified so theyd work on sand. For starters, they dont have edges, and have modified bindings so you could use your regular shoes. You can either go down with your board strapped to your feet, snowboard-style, or go down on your belly, tobboggon-style. Going down on your belly is fast and exhillerating, and so much fun. Going down on your feet is more difficult, but if you get a chance to get good at it, its much more controlled. It was confusing for me because I snowboard, so I was trying to board like on a snowboard, but you dont have as much control with the bindings and sand responds differently than snow.
The best part of the whole experience, hands down, was the fact that you can do it in the blazing sun. Usually this sort of whizzing down slopes is reserved for cold climates and mountains with snow. But in Huacachina, you dont need to worry about hot chocolate breaks!
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