Blogs from Nazca, Ica, Peru, South America - page 10

This place never ceases to amaze me. We got up around 8:30 in order to enjoy our breakfast buffet. Wasn´t a huge buffet with bustling people like you would imagine. Then we decided to chill in the hotel room till noon because our flight wasn´t until then. My dad decided to put his peruvian phone chip in his phone about 2 minutes before the airlines told us our flight could leave about 2 hours early. The conditions and wind patterns were perfect for our cesna (small plane, seats 8) plane ride. We took plenty of video and pictures in our cramped little plane as it shot off the runway and above the dusty plains. The plain (not plane) had plenty of dirt lines dancing across the dirt. I guess if you squint you can see your ... read more

Vsichni je zname. Ale co je to ??? Nikdo nevi :) Bohuzel z letadla a na muj fotak ... no proste ty fotky nic moc.... read more

26th April 2009 After a 10 hour bus ride from Arequipa we arrived in Nazca at the crack of dawn. After dropping off our bags and having a much needed shower, we braved the desert heat to investigate prices to fly over the Nazca lines. With no particular success we decided to buy them from the airport the next day. For the rest of the day we chilled out on top the amazing roof terrace in our hostel. After heading out for a cheap chicken dinner with Sarah, a girl staying in our dorm, we returned with some beer for some more relaxation on top of the terrace. The owner of the hostel, Nagen, joined us with his friend, Jeffery and they persuaded us to try some Pisco. Before we knew it everyone else was ... read more

The Nazca lines are one of the many mysteries in this world. Are they real proof of alien life marked out on the Peruvian desert? If ever there was a case Mulder and Scully needed to investigate! Heading inland from the Pacific coast on the Panamericana highway, we drove through the heart of the Nazca lines but we had no idea. They are so large the construction workers building the road didn´t see them either. The Nazca lines lie in a hot desert setting beneath the Andes. Covering an area of 500km², there are over 800 lines and 300 figures, so I was told. They are labelled a mystery because they can only be seen properly from the air. As far as I know man was unable to fly thousands of years ago - that´s not ... read more

Pisco & The Ballestas Islands What can be said about the town of Pisco? Weeelllll!!! Not much really (Granted the town had been heavily destroyed by an earthquake in 2007). Nevertheless, we were only using it as our overnight base to visit the nearby Ballestas Islands, otherwise known as the ‘Poor Man’s Galapagos’. We caught our early morning boat from the port of Paracas and we subsequently herded into 24-seat speed boats that would cover the journey across to the Islands in super fast speeds. Our first visit en-route was to see the three-pronged candelabra, etched into the sand hills on one of the nearby islands - then it was out into the open sea for the very bumpy journey to the islands themselves. The islands were made famous for their guano producing birds (otherwise ... read more