Casa Andina Nasca

... mijn uppie moeten redden, dat komt zeker wel goed.<br><br>Verder hebben we onze eigen competitie opgezet. Er is geen extra wedstrijd, maar er zijn wel een paar goede fietsers die the dutchie`s niet graag voorbij willen laten gaan. Tot nu staan er 4 kruisjes in mijn agenda, oftewel 4 keer als eerste over de meet. <br><br>We zijn overmorgen in Lima en dan gaan we richting Ecuador, kijk er naar uit!<br><br>Hasta luego<br><br>

... to drive me there (Taxi cost S/5) it may be cheaper but at least it was safe, the driver was a local guide too (Juan Manuel Pineda, local numb er 956582928 or e-mail address j_pineda9@hotmail.com ) He speaks basic english but very helpful and reliable too, he has a very old car so if you want to have this experience just jump on it!<br>This evening i had dinner in La Carreta which was ok.<br>After a long talk with Juan and some coffe i went to sleep.<br>

... My instinct took over however and we started up an amiable conversation with the driver. He had kind eyes and seemed more pleased for the business than wanting to start a new archeological site full of dead gringos, although he did point out the graveyard for local people on the way in.<br><br>We eventually ground to a halt in the middle of the stifling desert and our friendly driver directed us towards the wooden covered graves of the macabre mummies ...

... wrong taxi at the bus station with a bloke who was trying to take us god knows where, rescued at the last minute by the correct taxi driver who took us to the airport<br>- Waited around for a bit after having paid $40 airport tax (Peru is full of random taxes)<br>- Went up in a plane with 3 other tourists<br>- I took loads of photos of the lines: the dog, the bird, the tree, the trapezoid, the whale. None of ...

... we watched a pretty interesting film on the potential reasons behind the creation of the lines and then in normal South American style got made to wait around for the flight. During this time Eugene got the tiniest bit antsy, looking at the sky every couple of minutes and the cloud formations along with checking the wind conditions. I even started to get a bit nervous thinking about the figure eights the plane would do in the air. After waiting for ...

... to be seen from the air. No one knows what purpose they served as the Nascans left no written material of any sort.<br><br>In the afternoon, we took a small plane for the half hour flight to view the lines, and see the dramatic landscape or mountains, sand-dunes and wide, veined dry river beds. A six seater (including pilot) Cessna 206. The plane bumps along between the afternoon thermals and when we reach the first sand picture (a blue whale), Mr Pilot banks the ...

... over what they represent and why they are there in the first place. Theories abound from them being landing strips for spacemen to landscape gardening for the Gods on a gigantic scale. One thing is for certain, they can only be seen and appreciated from the air which makes the fact that they were formed so long ago even more bizarre as obviously man has only been flying for around 100 years or so. <br><br>There are literally dozens of lines representing huge geometric ...

... thing would have never been discovered without the advent of airplanes, and therein lies the fascination- so how could they do it without airplanes? Geometry is sacred, and requires no accessories, though it DOES require knowledge. Creators of elaborate mazes in Europe never saw them from above, but surely could imagine what they looked like. They built them that way, after all.