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Nasca Slideshow
Nasca
Travel Blogs from Nasca, Peru
Day 30 - Mummies in the Desert
... would then take a rock greased with oil from their own skin to give everything a sheen. Last, we stopped by a gold producer. Nasca is a mining town. Most of the squatters come here as a last resort to irk out a living. Each miner is independent. ...
Nausea in Nazca
Nazca only has one tourist attraction, but its a biggie. Over 300 lines, geometric shapes and pictures carved into the stone below the desert which have only survived thanks to the low rainfall in the area. Some of the figures are a few hundred meters ...
Nasca - bingo and inca ruins.
... for a small fee! Very funny. Sure I didn´t have a clue what they were on about, good crack tho. Something that Nasca isn´t so famous for is its Sunday night Bingo! Forget those lines, and ruins, this where the action is at! Check out the ...
Nazca - Arequipa
The trip to Nazca along the Pan-American Highway took us thru some incredibly rugged terrain. The all too frequent road-side memorials are evidence of the nature of the road and the driving habits of the locals. Nazca exists as a tourist stop ...
Tiring times!
... it and all hung very low. It must be the most likely place in the world to die from electrocution! The journey into Peru was relatively straightforward. The heat was sweltering and the journey into Mancora, a beach resort in Peru was all along the ...
Nazca Lines
Besides being a bit ill on the plane, this was a great experience. These lines have an amazing history and I am always surprised by how few people knew of them before coming to Peru. Definitely worth the ...
Flight over the famous Nazca lines
We took an overnight bus from Arequipa to Nazca. It was actually pretty comfortable for a bus. It was a double decker and big cushy seats with blankets, cushions, a snack and a movie. I slept better than I do on planes, so overall I much prefer overnight ...
Nasca Lines
... three people or five people. I had booked the flight (50 USD per person) a day in advance with an agency called Nasca trails. They were very good as they provided transport to and from the bus station along with providing luggage storage facilities and ...
Nazca Stopover with a little niteclubbing.
Myself, Cons & Eduardo as we call him now got a taxi to bus station and realised we could only get tickets to Nazca with a one night stop over before heading to Arequipa. We originally planned to skip Nazca and head straight to Arequipa but the ...
Over the mysterious lines!!
... to have met him. We had a short walk around the small city, which doe not have much to offer compared to other places in Peru. We finished the day with one our best meals so far. We visited a cozy little family-run restaurant in the outskirts of Nazca ...
Nazca Flights & more
Hola, Buenos Dias Having a fantastico trip - everyone is so nice, the weather has been great & the countryside amazing! Currently in hotel in Nazca we´ve got a few hours to spare before we go out for dinner tonight then catch the dreaded night ...
Nasca Arrival
... from about 200 BC to AD 1400. I will be investigating the earliest settlements there. The site is just outside the modern town of Nasca. We are renting a house. There will be a team of about 14 of us, 8 Americans and 6 Peruvians. It is owned by a ...
Week 2
The second week of excavations is now complete. I spent the week in Sector I, the area I am investigating for my thesis. It was a rather disappointing week. I have excavated two structures, and not much material has been found. And we have ...
April 17th Cuzco to Nazca
What a day! Out of bed at 6 for an early start. My left shoulder feels like somone is sticking a hot poker into it after about 10 miles on the bike so Suz massaged some deep heat into it for me (I say massaged, more like put some deep heat on a ...
Nasca
iHola! Da nadaljujemo tam, kjer smo koncali. Sandboarding oz. z buggyjem po puscavi v Haucachini (Ica) je blo noro - v buggyju smo se pocutl kot v filmu MadMax - voznik je bil Italjan-Tirolec (tko, da smo se lahko po nemsk menil), k je marca letos tja ...
Birthday in the desert!
... For lunch we went to the center to eat some more ceviche, and pollo (chicken) with fries. From there the fun continued. Nasca is also famous for the Nasca Lines, which the ancient Nasca civilisation etched into the dry ground in 400AD. Amazingly they are ...
Inca ruins, a broken down bus and the Nazca lines
... had degraded its appearance. It seemed strange that more resources weren't dedicated to preserving these ancient relics. However Peru is a poor country and its tourist industry is still in its infancy. Next up was a flight over ...
Nasca
... l'oxygène pour qu'il puisse respirer. Ingénieux ! Après cela je suis allée voir le mirador d'ou l'on voit quelques ligne de Nasca : des mains et un arbre. J'ai pris la décision de ne pas les survoler car je trouve que c'est trop cher : 55 dollars. ...
Beginning of Excavations
... the smoke swirl and linger. A few words of respect were offered by the directors to the three mountain gods surrounding Nasca, explaining our intentions and begging their blessing. Then we had to drink straight pisco, a strong alcoholic beverage, first ...
Nasca- Errr really?
... ;information about the lines and had some really impressive graphics from what was effectively a shed. Some think that the Nasca people drew the lines as offerings to their gods in the hope they would be provided more water (being in the ...
Shreddin Sand!!
... . Due to the unplanned visit to the Galapagos we needed to cut a few days here, nip a few days there. Northern Peru took the brunt of our trimming. On the bus we watched hours upon hours of sand dunes pass by the window, and ...
Visit Nasca Lines
... is a little scary however, is the lack of equipment they have in the emergency room. A tank of Oxygen and not much else. NASCA PERU HOSTEL Just need to ride the bike up the ramp, through the doorway (with the glass door open), and into the small ...
Back down to sea level!!!
Arequipa to Puerto Inka We left Arequipa on a bright, sunny Sunday morning and rode out of town in barely any traffic, which is always pleasant in a big city. As we left town we started to climb again on steep switchbacks up through the hills in an ...
"I see dead people..." - and some lines, too
... and breezy spot at the terrase of the restaurant with the same name. From this spot I had great opportunities for watching Nasca life passing by: The old men sitting and chatting in the shades from the trees in the parc. The school ...
Pisco and Nazca
About 3 years ago, Pisco was pretty much floored by an earthquke, so there isn´t much to do there. The shells of the buildings still stand, but there is no longer much to do. Some of the guys went on a boat trip to see sea lions and a few other things. ...
Ancient alien landings........
This is a top pick! We arrived in Nazca with absolutely no idea wot we were gonna do, all we knew was we had to find a hotel, book some flights and get out by the following evening in order to guarentee we got to Cusco for Christmas. As promised by everyone we´d spoken ...
Pisco, Nasca lines and mummies in the desert
... cafe owned by the very chatty Percy Pizarro, who chatted away to Lisa ( me just getting a bit of gist!) about his theories of the Nasca lines. Lisa seems to think I've scored and he wants to come to England with me! In the afternoon we went to see the ...
Surf's up, dude!
So, not actually that kind of surf. Today we explored the world of sand dunes. After an early morning bus ride in style (Mark is still waiting for a chicken bus ride), including food such as a mini hot dog and a hearty game of bingo, we arrived in the ...
Nazca Lines
Day 16 Arrived in Nazca at 4:00 am by bus which wasn´t very good getting in that early when it was dark. We meet a guy that owns a hostel in Nazca who is letting us stay for 10 soles (about $3.25 US) at his hostel for the next 5 hours ...