Blogs from Ica, Peru, South America - page 85

Wednesday afternoon we caught a bus though to Nazca. By the way, "we" now consisted of Paul and Rebecca as well as Ross. Paul and Bec are from England, while Ross is from Scotland. We were all heading in the same direction so it made sense to stick together. We got in about 4pm, and again there were people everywhere trying to take us to their hostel or sell us plane flights over the Nasca Lines. We managed to get away from them with all our money and bags and walked down to the hostel that we had chosen from our (usually) trusty Lonely Planet guides. Once we had dumped our stuff in the rooms, a guy known as Rastaman (I guess it's the Peruvian dreadlocks) took us around in a car to get our bus ... read more

Woziz! this morning I was in this little town called Nazca where there are these amazing lines out in the desert around the town that are over 2000yrs old and no-one really knows how they got there. Some of them make up shapes of animals but you can only see them from the sky, so although they are pretty sure that it was the old Nazca race of people that made them, there are also a few theories about some sort of alien influence. I couldn't make my mind up, but I do know that they are absolutely amazing and definately one of the most intersting things that I've seen so far on my trip. My photo's didn't work for all of them so I missed a few cool animals like the monkey which was my ... read more

1999……….6wks SOUTH AMERICA-ARGENTINA, PERU............ Colca Canyon …………………The travelling from Arequipa to the Colca Canyon was a 6-hour trip along a bumpy, dusty road going past countryside reminiscent of Mongolia or Ladakh. I have had so much dust in the last few days that I’m congested with the coughs and a sore throat. The Canyon, said to be twice the depth of the Grand Canyon, is more than 3,400m deep for more than 100km and is the territory of the majestic Condor. Well what a disappointment this tour has been so far. There's about 24 of us on a really slow, large bus (instead of a small group on a minibus as promised) and the guide only talks if you ask her something and then she doesn't now the answer! After 6hrs (instead of 4) we are ... read more