"Hummingbird" Nasca line

Ica, the Nasca Lines and flying in small planes

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February 2nd 2006
After Lima we were suitably refreshed and ready for some more extreme activites. What better than a desert oasis, surrounded on all sides by huge sand dunes, and from which you could both sandboard (gulp!) and go for rides in ridiculous 320 horsepower sand buggies? We decided to stay in Huacachina rather than Ica itself, the latter being a bit mucky and city-like, the former a collection of hosta ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more