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By KatrinaJames
December 3rd 2009
Maria Reiche South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca Lines
My plan to get a 3pm bus from Nazca to Arequipa backfired when the bus was cancelled so I ended up with an extra ten hours in Nazca. (The bus toilet had broken, which is important when your journey is eight hours!) So to use my time in an intelligent and informative way I unpacked my bikini and went to the Nazca Lines hotel and paid to use their swimming pool for the afternoon! It was rediculously hot and I had reached the end of my tether with the cat calling and whisteling from the Nazca men outside so the four [View Full Entry]

KatrinaJames - Katrina | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 3rd 2009 | 16 Views | [diary=457828]


To say I felt a bit iffy would be a total understatement! If Id have been in that plane just 5 minutes longer I think all those poor tourists in that plane would have seen what I ate for breakfast! The driver was flying all over the place, taking sharp turns, dips and flying into areas of turbulence for a horrid 30 minutes. My stomach definately didn like it, I only just about managed to glance out the window at each picture for a few seconds as we passed them before leaning back into the middle to desperately try and compose [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 18th 2009 | 33 Views | [diary=446081]

The hands
the monkey

By mchan
September 10th 2009
spotting the nazca lines South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca Lines
take off!
take off!
the hunt begins
After our setback yesterday (low visibility = grounded planes), we made our way to the Nazca airstrip a second time to attempt flying over the Nazca lines. We were lucky ... the skies were clear and we were in the plane within 10 minutes of arriving there. Our flight lasted around 30 minutes and we saw 13 figures. I was unable to find the first figure until Myra helped me out (even though the pilot pointed out where it was). The lines were not as prominent as I thought they would be. It made me kind of nervous - what if [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 14th 2009 | 73 Views | [diary=436545]

hummingbird

By mchan
September 9th 2009
The Adventure Begins South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca Lines
Day 6 Where do I start? Peru is very beautiful with a lot of culture and history to soak in. The first night... I met up with Lydia at the airport in Lima and we were ready for our pick up that we had previously arranged. We searched and searched for a sign with our names but nothing. We waited for about half an hour before we called the hostel. They came within 10 mins but we had to wait for another party they were picking up. While we were waiting, we were approached by numerous people asking if we [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 10th 2009 | 94 Views | [diary=435318]

Paracas
Balllestas Island
Paracas National Park

The theme of Peru was long drives and dead people. We drove south along the Pacific coast. On the right was the ocean with spectacular surf and a somewhat forbidding aura. The large amounts of sharp rocks jutting out of and into the water might have had something to do with the aura thing. The sand of the beaches when we stopped was fine, and powdery and somewhat soothing to the touch. On the left of the bus was the desert. The Atacama was unlike anything that I had ever seen before. We drove for hours and there hasn’t without seeing [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 21st 2009 | 91 Views | [diary=429939]

On the Plane
Quiz
Look a Monkey!

This place never ceases to amaze me. We got up around 8:30 in order to enjoy our breakfast buffet. Wasn´t a huge buffet with bustling people like you would imagine. Then we decided to chill in the hotel room till noon because our flight wasn´t until then. My dad decided to put his peruvian phone chip in his phone about 2 minutes before the airlines told us our flight could leave about 2 hours early. The conditions and wind patterns were perfect for our cesna (small plane, seats 8) plane ride. We took plenty of video and pictures in our cramped [View Full Entry]

FatherSonJourney - Juan P Ocharan | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 4th 2009 | 53 Views | [diary=425356]


By hkwoody
July 24th 2009
Doing Some Lines South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca Lines
Cessna
Cessna
Inside the 4 seater plane.
Even though it was almost midnight when we finally arrived in Nazca there was still one of the guys at the bus station who tries to sell overpriced tours and Nazca lines flight tickets. We hadn´t booked a hostel so when he offered to show us to one that was in one of our guidebooks we took him up on it, he thought we´d then buy his tour - wrong !!! we let him sort out the hostel for us then told him we´d sort out our own tickets. We´re now playing these guys at their own game which is a [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 25th 2009 | 49 Views | [diary=421902]

Pilot
Whale
Astronaut

By AlesDavidKac
July 5th 2009
Nazca Lines South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca Lines
Vsichni je zname. Ale co je to ??? Nikdo nevi :) Bohuzel z letadla a na muj fotak ... no proste ty fotky nic moc. [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 10th 2009 | 38 Views | [diary=417218]

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26th April 2009 After a 10 hour bus ride from Arequipa we arrived in Nazca at the crack of dawn. After dropping off our bags and having a much needed shower, we braved the desert heat to investigate prices to fly over the Nazca lines. With no particular success we decided to buy them from the airport the next day. For the rest of the day we chilled out on top the amazing roof terrace in our hostel. After heading out for a cheap chicken dinner with Sarah, a girl staying in our dorm, we returned with some beer for [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 19th 2009 | 35 Views | [diary=407455]

The before picture (if only we knew!)
The spiral
The astronaut

The Nazca lines are one of the many mysteries in this world. Are they real proof of alien life marked out on the Peruvian desert? If ever there was a case Mulder and Scully needed to investigate! Heading inland from the Pacific coast on the Panamericana highway, we drove through the heart of the Nazca lines but we had no idea. They are so large the construction workers building the road didn´t see them either. The Nazca lines lie in a hot desert setting beneath the Andes. Covering an area of 500km˛, there are over 800 lines and 300 figures, so [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 5th 2009 | 92 Views | [diary=414895]

The dry valley
A tomb
Recently found mummy in the museum


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