Blogs from Nazca Lines, Nazca, Ica, Peru, South America - page 19

Up early to fly over the Nazca Lines. Apparently early in the morning is best before the desert thermals make it harder for the pilots. After the Nazca Lines, we went to see a Nazca Cemetary. Not really interested in taking pictures of dead bodies so didn't. After looking at some more Nazca history, (some irrigration techniques), we drove again along the Pan American highway, with desert on one side and the sea on the other to a place called Puerto Inca. Not much there, just a hotel of sorts. (Did have some Inca Ruins, apparently Puerto Inca was a holiday spot for Incas.) Want to see more photos? Have a look at my website here: http://www.firemanonasailingship.com/photos/... read more

he could not have been more than about nine years old, he looked at my dish of food recently eaten, and glanced into my eyes - puedo - all i had left was letuce, tons of onions, assorted pieces of uneaten ceviche... the starkeness of the white sand dunes, the pacific ocean, and the oasis which is pisco was hard to take in - my eyes saw white sand, green from the grapes, chile, cotton and corn planted along side of the pisco river adjacent the foothills to the andes. an early morning pick up at the hostel, which was operating on late time took us down the coast from the city of pisco to the port of paracas - the same port from shich San Martin launched his war of liberation from spain many centuries ... read more

Another early start for the 2+ hr drive to Nazca. We would be returning to Ica that afternoon, then passing through Nazca again on the overnight bus.. so a bit of backtracking was involved. Ica is the heart of an agricultural region, but once the irrigation is gone, the landscape is totally barren, the road runs dead straight for miles. It hasn't rained in centuries in this part of Peru, one of the reasons the Nazca lines haven't been worn away by erosion. We stopped at the Marie Reiche museum in Nazca, she was one of the first archaeologists to study the lines. There are several companies based at the Nazca airport that offer 45 minute overflights for about $45-$50 each, the morning is the best time to fly as the air is still and the ... read more

Woziz! this morning I was in this little town called Nazca where there are these amazing lines out in the desert around the town that are over 2000yrs old and no-one really knows how they got there. Some of them make up shapes of animals but you can only see them from the sky, so although they are pretty sure that it was the old Nazca race of people that made them, there are also a few theories about some sort of alien influence. I couldn't make my mind up, but I do know that they are absolutely amazing and definately one of the most intersting things that I've seen so far on my trip. My photo's didn't work for all of them so I missed a few cool animals like the monkey which was my ... read more

1999……….6wks SOUTH AMERICA-ARGENTINA, PERU............ Colca Canyon …………………The travelling from Arequipa to the Colca Canyon was a 6-hour trip along a bumpy, dusty road going past countryside reminiscent of Mongolia or Ladakh. I have had so much dust in the last few days that I’m congested with the coughs and a sore throat. The Canyon, said to be twice the depth of the Grand Canyon, is more than 3,400m deep for more than 100km and is the territory of the majestic Condor. Well what a disappointment this tour has been so far. There's about 24 of us on a really slow, large bus (instead of a small group on a minibus as promised) and the guide only talks if you ask her something and then she doesn't now the answer! After 6hrs (instead of 4) we are ... read more