Blogs from Nazca, Ica, Peru, South America - page 19

Not much to see here in Nazca except for, of course, the famous Nazca lines. About a few hours bus ride away from our last stop in Ica, Nazca falls on a kind of flat plateau between quite low lying mountains and hills. There´s one large airport with loads of light aircraft purely to take tourists up into the air - the only way to see the lines. Sitting only five to plane the views are great (if you can put up with the plane constantly having to bank so you can see the lines!) - it really is amazing the number of lines going in all directions, believed to be marking stars, the sun and underground water courses. Its pretty much a giant, and ancient, map. The most interesting lines to see are those in ... read more

Well never thought a plane ride could make you feel so sick, Today I boarded a Cesna, tiny little seater light aircraft for 45 mins to see tha Nazca Lines, there were about 4 planes in the same air space, all leaving within 5 minutes of each other, they tell you that thay leave every 10 minutes, but while I was waiting for my flight, I took note that they were lucky to be 3 minutes apart, our pilot was all of 12 I think, just joking, but he was very nervous and I believe he had little flying time, the Nazca lines were awesome, great huge shapes in the desert, god knows how they were put there or how they stay there, I have plenty of pics, found out my birth sign was the ... read more

Arrived in Nazca in the afternoon, checked into our hostal and had a much needed shower! Kat booked her flight over the lines for the next morning. We then went off in the search of food..and had to of course sample the local Ican wine, which as bad as it may sound, is actually very nice! Bought a very classy Inca Kola t-shirt..which is bright yellow! You would be so jealous Al!! Woke up bright and early to have breakfast and waved Kat off on the plane. I took the budget travellers option and went to the Mirador to see just two of the lines from above. Still very impressive even from 10 meters above! Went back into Nazca to check out some buses to Cuzco! Ended up on the plushist (best word ever!) bus ever, ... read more

Arrived at 5am in Nazca, and as the rooms were not ready, we watched the Nazca Lines video, very informative, ate breakfast and relaxed by the pool before our flight. Nice warm weather as getting nearer the equator! We took to the air, at 12.55pm in a light aircraft to see the Nazca lines. There were great views of mountainous scenery and we saw various shapes including the astronaut (sometimes described as an alien), Condor, and geometric shapes, but unfortunately not the monkey. Amazingly these shapes have survived all the various earthquake waves. Lots of dipping and diving in the air, in a noisy light aircraft. Spread over 500 km of arid land the Nazca lines are a mystery to their creation. Some believe they were an astronomical calendar, while others suggest they are ritual walkways, ... read more

ok...so didnt get a chance to update yester day so here it goes... omg...yesterday was the best day ever!!!! we left lima at 5am and we started our adventure to paracas. we arrived at paracas at 9am. we took a 2hr boat ride around the sourouding islands. we saw kindof like a nazca line but it was used to direct pirates and to tell fishermen where to fish being that they had no maps. then we continued to another island. we saw real life boobies (penguins) and sea lions. it was absolutely amazing! when do u get a chance to see these things when u are not in a zoo! i couldnt believe that i was seeing these animals in their natural habitat. we rode around the island and saw thousands of thousands of birds. they ... read more