Dan, the pilot and our plane

Nazca Lines - Peru

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June 7th 2007
Our return to Lima was kept brief, as we spent just the one night there before catching a bus early the following morning for Nazca. The 9 hour journey down to Nazca didn´t run too smoothly. After 6 hours of seriously erratic driving through a largely barren landscape, the bus pulled over, the driver jumped out along with a couple of ransoms and started fiddling with the rear back wheel. Not e ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more