That would be the best way to describe sandboarding in snowboarding terms. I don’t have any pics of myself in action, mainly due to the fact that I didn’t want Doron’s camera stuffed full of sand, But in all honesty, it’s not that impressive - like slow snowboarding, without any real ability to turn (it causes to much speed lost).
To get to the dunes you ride a sand buggy - now that’s an adrenaline rush. The driver was a bit overzealous, and if it wasn’t for sand constantly flying into my eyes, I probably would have shut them voluntarily.
Another phenomena that was unique for Ica, in my trip that is, is the fact that I found the fabled Israeli hordes. Half of them were under the influence of the latest developments in DIY chemistry, the other half were just slightly annoying:
(An Israeli couple looking at some sand dunes in complete awe)
Guy: "I’ve never seen anything like this!"
Girl: "Welcome to South America MAMY, Where things you’ve never seen before exist!"
Just goes to show that the whole development of the sandy parts of Rishon was a fatal blow to the potential sandboarding tourism boom in Israel.
To top things off, I was even offered, for the first time ever abroad, drugs in Hebrew ("Yarok O Lavan?").
I left after one day. Destination: Cuzco.
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