Blogs from Nazca Lines, Nazca, Ica, Peru, South America - page 4

09.02.2010 19:30 Land unter in Peru. Er begann in Cusco, Aguas Calientes und dem benachbarten Touristen-Highlight Machu Picchu, setzte sich in Puno am Titicaca-See fort und breitete sich nach und nach fast ueber das ganze Land aus: der Regen. Nicht etwa ein bisschen Regen, sondern ein Regen, der Staedte absaufen laesst, Tausende Menschen von der Aussenwelt abschneidet, Haeuser zerstoert, Tote und Verletzte fordert, den Bauern die Felder entreisst und der Wirtschaft, allem voran dem Tourismus, viele Millionen Nuevos Soles Einbussen kostet. Mit besten Gruessen von El Niño. Ich scheine mich, mit mehr Glueck als Verstand, von Trittstein zu Trittstein durch die Fluten zu bewegen. Die Ueberschwemmungen rund um Cusco mit den ueber 4000 evakuierten Touristen sowie am Titicaca-See setzten zwei oder drei Tage nach meinem Entschluss ein, nicht dorthin zu fahren. Dann b... read more

“The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert of Peru. They have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The high, arid plateau stretches more than 80 kilometres (50 mi) between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana. Although some local geoglyphs resemble Paracas motifs, scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 200 BCE and 700 CE. The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks or orcas, llamas, and lizards.” - Wikipedia After taking the night bus we arrived in Nazca well and truly tired! The bus driver seemed to think that he was driving a race car and was throwing the bus around the curves; it’s a miracle there was ... read more

After the Inca Trail we spent some more time in Cusco to recover and to see some more of the ruins, which I saw the most of because it was me and Tracey on the Sacred Valley tour as Franki couldnt come due to the huge holes aka blisters in her feet and too much walking required. Me and Franki the next day for the City Tour as Tracey was feeling unwell. Truly ruined out and by the end I could have done the guided tours, I knew so much about the Incas, their lives, religion and beliefs and constructions. We also went out in Cusco as it has a great nightlife scene and they give you free drinks to go to their club, so theoretically one could get away with a free night out! Tracey ... read more

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 hours I spent lazing in the sun and swimming in the pool were a very welcome break. There was a Canadian couple doing the same thing (yes, more Canadians!) and also a Scottish couple, and ... read more

October 27, 2009 - Nazca I forgot to mention that we stopped off at a small winery yesterday where we sampled some of the wines made here. Though at 40%, they were more like spirits than wines and with nothing to eat since breakfast, I was a little pissy. After a very full dy yesterday, today was about the Nazca Lines - and maybe a few other things nearby. Before dinner last night, we attended the Naza Observatory for a briefing on the many theories about how the lines came to be and more interesting, why were they made? The theory that seems to be most widely accepted, is that over a period of 80 years, the lines, shapes and pictograms were made to mark out important dates - change of seasons - and also as ... read more