Blogs from Nazca Lines, Nazca, Ica, Peru, South America - page 13

Arrived at 5am in Nazca, and as the rooms were not ready, we watched the Nazca Lines video, very informative, ate breakfast and relaxed by the pool before our flight. Nice warm weather as getting nearer the equator! We took to the air, at 12.55pm in a light aircraft to see the Nazca lines. There were great views of mountainous scenery and we saw various shapes including the astronaut (sometimes described as an alien), Condor, and geometric shapes, but unfortunately not the monkey. Amazingly these shapes have survived all the various earthquake waves. Lots of dipping and diving in the air, in a noisy light aircraft. Spread over 500 km of arid land the Nazca lines are a mystery to their creation. Some believe they were an astronomical calendar, while others suggest they are ritual walkways, ... read more

so im doing this journal entry alittle late again so here it goes: today we went on the airplane to see the nazca lines. let me tell u...i sat in front thank god...we think because i am a blonde and i was wearing pig tails. i heard it was really hot in the back of the plane and i sat in the front where there was a vent. out of the 5 students that were on the pane (it was only a 6 person plane) 2 of them puked! i gave my barf bag up so josemarie could puke some more. so i was just counting the number of lines we had left until we landed at the airport! the lines were cool but you really really really had to concentrate. and the pilot had broken ... read more

Ever since throwing a lot of money at a very silly but fun bicycle, I've been in the knowing of those mysterious Nazca lines. So it always was shortlisted as a destination. Having spoken to other travellers around as well, we also knew that like many other small peruvian cities, there would not be many other reasons to actually stay very long in the city of Nazca! No surprises there. So, after stretching the Huacachina stay untill Thursday morning, and knowing we already had bus tickets from Nazca to Cusco for Friday night, it would leave us with little over 24 hours in town to do our thing(s)! So after arriving at 1pm at the hostel (Brabant), and having a chat with our host about tours, we set out for some lunch and some more info, ... read more

I thought I'd already published a journal on this but I can't find it, maybe I deleted it or something. After a couple of days recuperating in Arequipa we got the bus to Nazca, mistakenly Martin thought it was only a 5 hour trip, but I´d done my reserch and knew it was 12, and thought he did, so I didn't query it. He wasn't too chuffed when we arrived in Nazca at 1 in the morning. Ever there to help was a Peruivan tout, bless him, and we agreed to go and have a look at his hostal, it was lovely, apart from the fact he introduced us to his friend who tried to sell us a flight over the Nazca lines, which would leave in about 6 hours. We politely, as we could to ... read more

Nazca: Some of you may have heard of the famous Nasca Lines. Funny animal like shapes engraved into the land only visible from the air- yes more small propeller planes like travelling last time, not good. But the Monkey, Hummingbird, Frog, Condor etc were impressive if not truly bizarre, even if I couldnt pay them my full attention for the fear. The post flight display was even better, almost getting arrested AGAIN! This time for "not paying airport tax," which our operator, (in hindsight just a dodgy man called Stephen) said was included. Should have known when our driver to the airfield looked like he had 2 glass eyes! Nick on principle voices our refusal and sure enough "the Mayor" as he liked to call himself has the police at our hotel before you know it. ... read more