Light aircraft over Nazca.

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Our Huacachina hostel owner turned out to be a regular tourist baron. He had fingers in all sorts of pies and was able to arrange a trip straight to Nazca, another 2hours south by bus, with a night in a hostel followed by a light aircraft flight over the ´Nazca Lines´. There are all sorts of theories about who and why these lines were created, and we were shown a video before our flight (twice!) about some of them. The main idea, was that these huge images of a Condor, a Monkey, a Humming bird and various others etched into the landscape were designed and made by the Incas, and were intended to be ´processed´around by the people playing instruments and singing to worship their gods.

We had been warned not to eat breakfast before the flight, and we were grateful for that. The pilot flew the plane towards the ´lines´ and when we got to each image, he would bank the plane at about 80 degrees so that one side could see and take pictures, then he would turn and bank over again for the other side. Both of us and the other english couple on our flight felt a bit queasy by the time the flight finished, but it was good fun and the lines were very impressive. Unfortunately with the movement of the plane, pictures were not of the best quality!

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Photos

Nazca Flight
Looks like a toy to me..!!

Nazca Flight
Spaceman allegedly from Inca times..??