Hotel Las Casaurinas Nasca

... garantie dat we onze maaginhoud onderweg niet gingen kwijtspelen ;-). <br><br>Nu de batterijen opgeladen zijn, voelen we ons helemaal klaar (kuch kuch) voor onze busrit van 14 uur naar Cusco. Om de pijn te verzachten hebben we de meest luxueuze klasse genomen, 't was een stukje duurder dan alle andere maatschappijen maar gezien de afstand geen overbodige luxe.. In Cusco gaan we een tiental dagen verblijven om Macchu Picchu te bezoeken en een meerdaagse Inca ...

... less time getting to know places. I spent more than a week in Chincha and I really feel like I got a chance to get to know the Peruvian spirit - especially the Afro-Peruvian movement from Chincha. I got to know the food, the sensibility and how the world moves here.<br><br>I mean when you spend time with a kid and he scrapes his elbow from falling, you get to know how his world works. Especially when hes not crying from the injury, but hes afraid that his father ...

... facts about the Inca.<br><ul><li>Domesticated the Llama, Alpaca and Guinea Pigs.<br> </li><li>Originally domesticated and cultivated maize, tomato, cashew, peanut, coca, hot peppers, squash, manioc, cassava, pineapple and the potato &#8211; not the Irish.<br> </li><li>Experts at irrigating crops.<br> </li><li>Around the time of Christ, the Nazca were driving tunnels into hillsides in the South<br> of Peru for the purpose of irrigation.<br> </li><li ...

... Andes had given way to enormous sand dunes, stretching off as fas as the eye could see. The Panamerica Sur runs about 100 metres away from the beach at this point and I reckon someone forget to bring their bucket and spade. A row of about 50 buses, trucks and cars all played frogger for for about an hour, fighting for their patch of the space of road that the sand had not covered, while concerned locals jumped out to pee and cross their arms. It was like ...

... on an airplane) and found a blanket AND a pillow on our seat... following a video just like the one on an aeroplane and beng told to put our seat belts on (we dont usually get seat belts, we are usually lukcy to get a whole seat that is attached to the bus!)... we got our meal (a sanwich) and a drink! - we didnt eat it as we had just eaten in Arequipa and were getting the Nazca flight in the morning, and didnt want a full belly!<br><br>I slept okay, and woke up to Al ...

... random lady said ´´hello my name is Victoria, i have a hotel which is in your lonely planet on p425, you can have a double room, breakfast, hot water (a luxury out here) for less than 10 pounds and a free taxi is waiting for you´´. Reflecting on how easy travelling in south america was (we hadn´t yet realised the theft had taken place) and how refreshing it is to land on ones feet with no planning, we graciously accept and within 15 minutes we are showered and ...

... attention. Again it was so interesting to hear various theories behind why the lines were made and the explanation focused on Maria´s theory of an astrological calendar and even matched up some of the images with various constellations, it was well worth going to see and we even got to use a massive telescope at the end to view the moon and Venus.<br><br>After one night in Nazca we were off again for the short bus ride to Ica and the sand dunes....<br><br>xxxx

... animals are not seen anywhere this side of the Andes. Two, the geometric lines do not even approximate anything at all (not the equinox, not the compass). Three, the lines are etched into the surface of the desert to a depth of about 5cm. But the sandstorms here last up to 3 days at a time so how long would it take for the lines to disappear over 1800 years? Finally, the lines were not &#8216;discovered&#8217; until 30 or so years ago by a mad German woman. So ...

Another town, another bus ride! We did a tally and counted this as our NINTEENTH overnight bus ride or the trip so far. I think we should get a medal of sorts, or at least a telegram from the Queen!<br><br>In its defence it was probably one of the best bus rides ever! Well, the most comfy anyway. I didn´t sleep thanks to the billy goat gruff opposite me, growling snoring and then screaming with nightmares all night long! Ian slept solid for 8 hours.<br><br> Ok, so our main ...

... t have been<br>surprised if they had known it in Mans Gaelic, Proto-Dravidian or<br>Myceanean Greek. <br><br>Since it's too hot to fall asleep, I stare through the bus's emergency window at the changing landscape on my way to Nasca, where I'm going to spend the following night. Nasca is situated on a huge altiplano, which is really flat and endless. No wonder why the aliens have chosen this place to ...