So yesterday we spent the day running aound booking buses, trying to book star gazing but it was all full, so we went back to the bus company changed our bus to the next day, then booked the star gazing for the following night, then comparing prices for sandboarding, booked that at the place with the most attractive salesperson and then extended our accomodation for another night, grabbed some lunch and then got ready for horseriding. It was very busy.
So 3pm we headed out to horseriding and I got a big beatiful black horse named Negro. We headed towards the Quitor ruins at a very slow pace and soit was a bit boring to begin with. However after we left the ruins we were allowed to trot and canter which was great fun although a little hard on the butt. I couldn´t get into the right rythym for a proper canter but Katrina managed it. The scenery around us was beautiful and by the time we heaed back it had cooled down so it was great fun.
Last night we headed out for a birthday dinner for Anthea, it was all a bit rushed but Chris got Nat and Claire blowing up balloons at the restaurant then Chris and I half jogged half powerwalked to the bakery to collect the cake. Dinner was great and the cake was soo massive, so we ended up giving pieces away to the staff and other patrons at the restaurant.
Today we had to be up early to go sandboading, we loaded up the gear and then went in a van to Death Valley. There were no chairlifts unfortunately so we got quite a workout going up and down the sand dunes. Sandboarding is very similar to snowboarding although a little slower. So i had a small advantage already knowing how to snowboard. We had a few practises going on our heels and toes then we took to the bigger slopes. I was getting pretty good at going mountain side but i would fall over if i attempted to turn. They had built a small jump and Anthea was the first to attempt it but she wiped out. Claire and I took turns at attempting the jump after that and it was generally unsuccessful, i managed to land one jump but fell over immediately after. I had about 4 attempts but then i was exhausted from all the hill climbing in the extreme heat. It was hilarious to try though and we didn´t manage to hurt ourselves because the sand is so soft. We had sand everywhere after though including in our mouths from the occasional face plant. If you want to see photos i´ve uploaded them to facebook.
We headed back and our first agenda was showering. We then managed to find delicious empanadas fom the corner store freshly baked. After Claire and i went down to the sandboarding shop to upload the photographers photos, he took some fantastic action shots so we were stoked to get copies for free. On our way to the store two quite attractive guys from a restuarant tried to get us to eat there. we thanked them but declined. On our way back to the hostel they tried again this time trying to block our paths and lead us into the restuarant, they had their arms wide open so we offered them hugs then we said we had already eaten but we would come back later.
Claire and I have had a really cool afternoon together, we went to the plaza to play cards, then walked down to the bakery to get amazing lemon pies and cream buns, on our way we had to walk past the restaurant guys and so of course they tried again but we said we had a task to do but we will come in on our way back. So on the way back we had to honour our promise and we finally agreed to try their restaurant. We couldn´t bare to disappoint them. So we just ordered drinks and played more cards. Every 10 mins one of the two guys would come over to see how we were doing and chat with us. It was a great afternoon :p There was also a gorgeous dog poking his head through the door and one of the waiters let him in so we could pat him. The population of dogs in San Pedro is massive, they are everywhere. The other day we went for a walk and we seemed to collect dogs as we walked, by the time we got back to the hostel we had a following of 6.
So tonight is our last night with Claire before she heads off to Cusco to do some volunteering so I better go to have our final dinner as a group!
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