Blogs from Nazca, Ica, Peru, South America - page 6

When it Rains it... (part 2) Well, we finally retrieved our bank card from it's would-be ATM prison. We started off the road with the knowledge that our troubles were behind us. That is until a good neighbor passed us on the road honking and waving frantically that there was something wrong with our back tire. We quickly pulled over (as did the good neighbor) only to discover that the tires seemed fine. No, explained the good neighbor, what he saw was not the tire but a small flame emanating from the motor area. As we were behind the car examining the area more closely, I heard the driver's side door click open and I hurried to the front of the car to find one of the good neighbor's passengers opening my door. When he saw ... read more

We have crossed the international dateline arriving an hour before we left. Our first destination in South America is Peru, famous for the Incas, lamas, creating the Pisco Sour and of course being the birth place of Paddington Bear. There is a well trodden backpacker trail which leads straight to Nazca. Nazca, a town in the middle of the desert and has became famous because of the Nazca lines. Discovered in the 1920s by pilots who described seeing shapes including, a monkey, flower, killer whale and humming bird they are a huge draw for tourists. To see the lines in their full glory you have to take to the air. Unfortunately the past year has seen three fatal aircrashes and a hijacking by Columbian drug barons. This has resulted in a crackdown on businesses offering flights ... read more

Na dnesok sme nemali nic naplanovane a tak sme sa aspon poriadne vyspali. Neskor sme sa dali do reci so starsim francuzkym parom ktory sa rano pristahoval a nakoniec sme sa dohodli, ze by sme si mohli zobrat spolocny taxik na Chauchilla cintorin. Vcera sme sa uz s touto navstevou v duchu rozlucili a tak sme samozrejme vrelo suhlasili. Majitel hostela sa nam najprv pokusal vnutit turu z jeho cestovky /35 solov za osobu/, ale nakoniec sa ponukol a dohodil nam svojho kamarata - taxikara /15 solov za osobu/. Opat sme sa presvedcili, ze ceny pre turistov su prehnane a staci tvrdit ze je to prilis drahe a oni vzdy vymyslia nejaku lacnejsiu alternativu. Cintorin tvorilo asi 10 jam v ktorych boli mumie, kosti, lebky, rozne zvysky keramiky, latok a kostier zvierat. Vsetky mumie boli pochovane ... read more

Po dalsim Katcinym setkanim s peruanskymi svaby, jsme meli v planu zajet do nejvetsi tovarny na vyrobu pisca - jakasi peruanska slivovice vyrabena fermentaci vinnych hroznu a zname i vyrobou vyborneho vina, Vista Alegre vlastnena rodinou Picasso. Sli jsme sami, bez agentury a zase jsme udelali dobre,pruvodce v anglictine jsme meli jen pro sebe. Peknou a poucnou prohlidku jsme ukoncili v mistni vinotece degustaci 4 cervenych vin a 2 druhu pisca a i diky horku se nam Kacenka trochu lizla, ale bylo pred polednem a my moc nesnidali...Pak jsme nasedli na bus smer Nazca. Cesta trvala kolem 3 hodin a cela vedla po Panamerikana silnici vedouci od Aljasky az po Ohnovou zemi v Argentine a v Peru vede porad pousti. Bylo umorne vedro, moc to nefoukalo, ale prezili jsme. Bydleni jsme nasli v pohode a povedlo ... read more

Day 49-24th October Well we were rather abruptly woken up by the bus’s trolly dolly that we were at Nazca so we bid the girls goodbye and a safe journey and exited the bus... off the bus went and we were left at 06:00 in the middle of a dusty town with no real plans other than to get a plane over the lines so we immediately jumped in a cab and raced for the airport excited as two little school children on the way to Disneyland. Although very early there were a couple of companies selling tickets so Liz went through the names of the reputable companies to use, Air Diana, Travel Air, Aero Paracas and finally Air Perunas. All others were off limits as they had failed safety checks after the recent crashes. We ... read more