Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Lomas de Arena
One of the places we have recently heard about here in Santa Cruz is a place called Parque Regional Lomas de Arena (Sand Dunes Regional Park). Donya, who came for the CLA English program and stayed an extra 3 weeks, was getting ready to leave that night, so we decided to have one last adventure before she left.
It was an adventure just finding the place. Although it is on the map and I had my Garmin GPS, it is on the southern edge of the city and you have to go through some very under-developed barrios to get there. We finally got to the park and paid $6.50 for all of us to get in.
Then the fun started.
The sign at the gate said "4x4 and 4-wheelers Only" and it was no joke. We spent half an hour going 4.3 miles on a sandy track with lots of mud holes and we still didn't know where we were going. Here's a short summary video (720p) of the drive in, complete with music (from Christian parody band Apologetix) and charming conversation:
As I said, it was the most fun I've had in a long time. Even better than going to the store.
We had the place entirely to ourselves. Unfortunately, it was super windy (welcome to Santa Cruz) and it was too late in the day to stay long, but we had fun anyway. Here are a sampling of photos (see the rest by clicking here).
I took some more video on the way out, with the GoPro on the hood, where it got a good soaking (1080p this time!):
We will definitely be going back!
Labels:
4x4,
Adventure,
Bolivia,
Dune,
Family,
Las Lomas de Arena,
Mission,
Missionary,
Missionary kid,
Missionary life,
Missions,
Parque,
Sand,
Sand dunes,
Santa Cruz
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