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Nasca Slideshow
Nasca
Travel Blogs from Nasca, Peru
Imagine
Hello All, I took a detour yesterday and headed to Nazca to see these ancient lines carved into the desert. Tomorrow I head for Cusco and will visit Machu Picchu from there. For now, I leave you with Nazca. Imagine ...
Creepy line on the desert floor!
wow! you have to see the pictures of this place. We got there in the morning... about 9am after 15hrs on a bus from Cuzco. There we organised the fly ove and within 1hr we were flyng over the most amazing/freeky/mysterious/wow things i have ever ...
Nazca lines
The famous Nazca Lines, and one of the things i have been looking forward to for ages. We were staying 15 minutes by car from the town and across the road from the airport where all the flights were flying out from, so by 5am we were awake even though ...
Crazy Sightings
... station and were all pretty pumped because we were finally able to purchase a proper cama bus (which are pretty hard to come by in Peru), but when we got there they told us that the bus didn't have cama seats. They said they were going to go ahead ...
Nazca Lines
The Nazca lines, a striking network of over 800 lines, 300 geometric figures and 70 animal drawings are believed to have been were produced by the Nazca and Paracas cultures between 900BC and 600AD. They were only discovered in 1939, and nobody ...
The mysterious lines of Nazca
... be flown over the site. Unfortunately there was a slight problem at the airport that day. It turns out that the whole of Peru's air traffic control were on strike which meant that far less flights were allowed to tour over the lines than is normal. ...
Nazca Lines
Pos aquí estem... Les línies de Nazca són unes misteriores línies que formen dibuixos misteriosos en terra al mig del desert on està situat aquest polsós poble. Per a més informació busqueu lo que són a internet, jo només us diré que lo ...
By 8 am this morning...
... So we get to the bus station around 7 for our 8 o´clock bus only to find out that the next bus isn´t until 11:45. Damn Peru busses. They are never when, where or what you want them to be. The bus ride was well worth the wait, i must say. The ...
The Nazca Lines
After an overnight (motion sickness riddled) bus ride we arrived in the desert town of Nazca. There is literally only one thing to do in Nazca and that is to visit the Nazca Lines, something we could very well have missed if Dave's Aunt Jo hadn't have ...
Nazca lines
I had heard that the Nazca lines, ancient giant drawings on the ground which can only be viewed from an airplane, were overrated, but I couldn´t help myself. I signed up for a flight, which came out to about $50 including a 2-hour bus ride from Ica and ...
The Nasca Lines
... , damit man die Linien in der Wüste sehen kann. Zwischen ca. 900 vor bis ca. 600 nach Christi haben die einheimischen Nasca Linien in den Wüstensand/-stein gegraben. Die genaue Bedeutung der Linien ist unklar aber auf jedem Fall ging es darum die ...
Nazca Lines
... waaaay back, about 2000 years and there are many theories as to why these were created (lots of info here: http://www.crystalinks.com/nasca.html). We hired a tiny 4-seater plane and to a quick 40 min fly over of the glyphs. To be honest this was not ...
Day 32 (Nasca Lines)
We get picked up and are off to the local airport, stacks of little 6 seaters lined up, we are about to go on our flight over the nazca lines You have probably heard of them, if not you have probably seen a picture and didn't know what it was, ...
Mysterious lines in Nasca
... town has been transformed into an extremely dusty desert town, but our final destination was not Ica and we took a bus to Nasca, 2 hours further south. Here, in the middle of the desert, we found the most incredible camping spot. A big green lawn ...
a lazy Sunday
We wake up every day at 6am. It is amazing how quickly my body has adapted to that. So on my one day to sleep in, I was up with the roosters and decided to make the most of my ¨lazy¨ Sunday. First I went to Sunday market. The local streets fill up ...
Nazca línurnar
Halló halló, Erum núna stodd í cirka 4000 m. haed í fjollunum dúdud med ullarhúfu og vettlinga úr lamadýrsull. Vorum hjá stelpunum í Lima thangad til á mánudaginn en thá fórum vid oll saman til Ica thar sem vid fórum á sandbretti, sem ...
The Famous Nazca Lines!
... travelled with from Lima. The price of the bus was colossal (150 soles / US$50) due to the national festival being on in Peru this weekend. But it's 13 hours overnight to Cuzco, so comfort was essential. A comment from a nearby local girl ...
Nasca
... was one thing for certain, there has always been a lack of water here in this desert and the only water came from Nasca made aquaducts leading to the summits of local mountains which by coincidence is where all the lines perfectly straight lead to. All ...
Nasca Lines
we came to nasca for one reason - the nasca lines. we took a flight for 35 minutes. the minute the plane started moving we wished it was over, because of belly-ace and head-ace.. and the lines aren´t that big.. actually, they look like they were painted ...
Nazca og sommertoej/summerclothes
Vi havde en succesfuld bustur denne gang paa 15 timer til Nazca, en by lige efter bjergene ud mod en sandoerken. Det eneste daarlige ved busturen varat de viste Steven Seagal film. Spillede bingo, mem vandt ikke returbilletten. Der er dejlig varmt i ...
Puerto Inca, Peru
Not loads to say about Puerto Inca, other than it was a great overnight stay by the sea! Apparently it is a port that was used readily by the Incas (funnily enough!). We upgraded (again) to a room rather than camping and enjoying a buffet grub ...
Visiting the Nazca lines
We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is highly appreciated. Please contact us by ...
Final Days
... and we all spent a full day on the beach or just by the pool. Turns out it was just what we needed. Today we are in Nasca for the night before traveling to Pisco tomorrow. On the way we are stopping off in the desert to ride on dune buggies and for ...
The Amazing Nazca Lines
... place and the whole idea intrigued me. There are these lines in the middle of a very dry and arid area of south western Peru. The lines were made by removing sun darkened stones from the desert surface to expose the lighter soil below. They then 'drew' ...
Along the Coast to Nasca
... to the north) you see a tower on the roadside. Its the lookout for the well known Nasca Lines, which may have been created by some outer space creatures. "Lineas de Nasca". From the tower you can barely see 2 figures. Best views are from a ...
A flying visit to the desert
... . Unlike in other South American indigenous cultures, where only the noble people were mummified, the cultures in the area (Nasca and later groups) mummified everyone and buried them in a fetal position facing east with their prized possessions and ...
Mysterious Ways
... (or the Gravol/anti-nausea wristband combination works really well) and we all survived without any hiccups or worse! The Nasca lines themselves are fascinating; They were created very simply by moving the myriad dark grey rocks aside to reveal the ...
Lines in the Sand
... in Nasca and then getting a bus to our next destination Iquique as it is just off the Panamerican Highway in Northern Chile, like Nasca is in Peru, but we discovered that it was not possible to get a direct bus from Nasca so we hit the road that evening ...
Taking time out at the Nasca Lines
... precise figures? Did they have a plan? If so, who ordained it? It all seems so otherworldly. To comprehend the Nasca lines, created by the removal of desert rock to reveal the pale pink sand beneath, visitors have proposed every imaginable explanation - ...
Sky high in Nasca
We left Huachachina on the 8:45am bus, again with Cruz del Sur. We arrived just over 2 hours later in Nazca. Our hostel had said that they would meet us at the bus station but we weren’t actually surprised when they weren’t there. ...