Blogs from Nazca Lines, Nazca, Ica, Peru, South America - page 16

Some of you have wondered where i disappeared to, it's has been soooooooooooo long since my last post..... Well i am currently back in Kuala Lumpur.... although i spent approx two months travelling through Peru, Bolivia and Chile i will not be posting this part of my trip.... Frankly when i flew back i no longer felt like blogging. It is difficult to get motivated once you return, especially since all the responsibilities of being back hit you at once LOL. So instead of blabbering on about the many wonderful places i visited and the people i met on the way (and my various adventures.....there were quite a few, trust me) .... i will leave you with a few nice PICS instead. For all of you that have been reading and posting comments, please accept my ... read more

Hola amics! (una miqueta de català per a que no s'enfadi ningú...prou que algunes persones no l'entenen...) Después de la etapa desértica decidimos volar. Y que mejor que volar en Perú por encima de las misteriosas lineas de Nazca! El día siguiente llegamos a este pueblo de mala muerte repleto de agencias aeroportuarias que te venden un vuelo en avioneta como quien te vende un chupa chup. La verdad es que no daba mucha confianza..... Finalmente optamos por la opción mas barata.....(espiritu catalán...). El vuelo duro 30 minutos pero a alguna le pareció una eternidad (desaparecieron algunas de las líneas bajo los vómitos de alguna...) No nos impresionó mucho el escenario, pero ya que estabámos allí, había que hacerlo. Olvidados los mareos aéreos, emprendimos camino hacia Arequipa, la ciudad blanca, (ciudad natal de Mario Vargas Llosa, ... read more

Our flight over the Nasca Lines was amazing, in a little Cessna plane that bounced all over the place. We were thrilled to see these endangered mankind phenomena. Once landed we were quickly rushed onto our next tour of going to see some lines up close, amazing to walk up to and not see anything but stones for miles around and then to walk up a little hill that makes everything so much clearer. It was great. On this tour we also got to visit aquaducts still in use after 2,000 years, and a pottery workshop that had a number of orginal Inca pieces just lying around. Even Ed was allowed to pick one up! We had the afternoon to spend at our leisure until we caught the 9pm bus to Cusco (a colonial town near ... read more

ok so again the photos will follow but at the moment we haven´t had them written to cd and as we can no longer plug in our battery charger we thought we had better try and save batteries!! we had a couple of hours in the hotel before it was time to go and take our flight over the lines. they can never predict how long you will be waiting to go up and when we got there at 10 we were told that we should come back later as the first flight had only just managed to go up and so there were lots of people waiting. this wasn´t a problem as we first went and did the tour of a cemetery we would normally have done after. the cemetery invloved walking rounds lots of ... read more

On route to Nazca we camped on the beach for one night and enjoyed fajitas by the camp fire. We are pro tent erectors! The Nazca Lines are gigantic geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert. It is believed they were created by the Nazca culture between 200 BC and 600 AD. The designs carved into the ground, range from simple lines to figures such as hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, a space man, lizards and many more. The Nazca lines can only be viewed by air, because of this there is much speculation as to how the designs were made and for what purpose. Some say they were explanations from ancient gods, a landing strip for returning aliens or a celestial calendar created by the Nazca civilisation. We boarded a 5 seater aeroplane, Sarah to be co-pilot! The ... read more