Day 3, Lima and Decisions

Passport is not stamped yet and the weekend is approaching. We have changed out plans now and instead of leaving for Cusco with our bags, we will be going to Ica, Pisco and Nazca for the weekend. We will need to come back to get our passports and so it was quite stressful since we had not expected this twist early on in the trip. Hoping this will not create time issues further along. We pack our smaller back pack with essential clothes and items and leave the rest in the hostel. We were recommended to take the Soyuz bus from La Victoria ( which should be reached by a taxi since it was an unsafe neighborhood per the hostel staff). On the contrary we saw no issues with the neighborhood and felt the 8 sole taxi ride to be an unnecessary expense. Soyuz did not got to Nazca and charged 27 soles for one way to Ica. We decided to shop around since there were other bus operators in the area. Noone spoke English but people were good at reading maps. We were advised to check out Ceva (at a different bus terminal- cab ride 3 soles). The bus depot was bustling, and there were multiple bus agencies there. Since Ceva had no vacant seats we decided to take the next bus to Ica with Flores (20 soles). The bus was leaving in 5 minutes- I rushed to find where it was while H decided to grab us a meal. Completely crazy idea but he made it back in time with some piping hot, delicious corn and spicy, fresh salsa. Yummy!