Blogs from Nazca Lines, Nazca, Ica, Peru, South America - page 2

Gerai išsimiegam ir keliaujam į miesto centrą. Nazca - nedidelis miestelis, apie 40 tūkst. gyventojų, tad jį galima visą pereiti pėsčiom. Pavaikštinėjam po centrą kol pagaliau surandam vietą kurioje 12 val turim susitikti su Edgardo. Susitikę einam į kavinę pavalgyti ir šiek tiek pabendrauti. Edgardo apie 50 metų, jis dirba nedidelėje observatorijoje kuri kaip supratau priklauso viešbučiui. Vakare jis mus pakviečia į pristatymą apie Nazca linijas, bei pažada, jog per teleskopą galėsim pažiūrėti į Mėnulį ir Saturną. Bet pristatymas tik 7 vakaro, tad iki tol siūlo nuvažiuoti ir iš arti apžiūrėti linijų. Edgardo mus palydi iki autobuso ir paprašo mus išleisti toj vietoj kur galim stebėti linijas. Autobusas mus paleidžia dykumoje prie metalinio bokštelio ant kurio užlipus galima matyti kelis piešinius. Nazca linijos - tai didžiuliai piešiniai ir geometrinės figūros dykumoje. Sako, kad visi š... read more

Well I didn´t do the flight! I started the morning off with "the boys" (Grant, Manny, Des, and Victor) to go and see the Nazca mummies at Chauchilla Cemetery. Not sure how safe the journey was - our speedometer didn´t work, but the car did overheat! The mummies are amazing. So many to see and so many burried yet (eventough grave robbers desecrated many tombs). All of them are burried in the fetal position so that they can be born again from mother earth. We also saw the lines! Well, in fact, I got to touch them! I was surprised that they aren´t actually "lines" in the traditional sense of the word. They are more like paths that have been scraped of the top layer of rock. The climate here has kept them intact for this ... read more

They may be just lines in the sand, but lines that are believed to be 1,500 Years old and completely mystifying. The Nazca Lines are more than drawings that you need to fly over at 2,500ft to make them out. They are enigmatic art using the desert floor as a canvas creating one of the largest art gallery in the world high on the Nazca Plateau. They end up leaving you with more questions than answers. After leaving Cusco, it was the mad dash to the finish of my travels. I took a 14hr overnight bus ride from Cusco, Peru to Nazca Peru to see the mysterious Nazca Lines. I have to say this overnight bus ride was luxury compared to my other experiences. It had Wi-Fi and I actually slept. Although the fact that I ... read more

Next stop on the map was Nazca in the middle of the Peruvian Desert. We were here ultimately to see the famous Nazca lines, but there were a few other things to potentially do here, and therefore we felt it was a worthy stop. We arrived in Nazca via the Cruz Del Sur bus which has to be by far the best bus we have travelled on yet. The seats were huge and comfy, and the DVD’s that were played had to be listened to by headphones, meaning we didn’t have to listen to poor action movies dubbed in Spanish at ridiculously high volumes! Once in the bus station of Nazca, we made the mistake of pulling out our Lonely Planet in full view of the locals which basically says to everyone ‘We have no reservations ... read more

Ola again, We spent two days in Nasca. The Nasca were a very advanced civilisation who settled in the Nasca dessert about 40 km inland from the Pacific ocean. As you come in to Nasca by bus you feel as if you could be arriving in Syria or Egypt as I imagine them to be with mountainous hills of shifting sands surrounding you and little vegetation except where they have accessed the ground water by aqueducts built be the Nasca between 100 and 700 AD. On day one in Nasca we explored an ancient burial sight of traditional Nasca. They buried their dead in large pits after removing their stomachs and placing them in foetal position bound with cloths of woven cotton and placed them in graves with articles they will need for journey into next ... read more