Inka Hotel Nasca

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 ...

Het is een lange tijd geleden dat ik van mij heb laten horen. Veel van de tijd zit ik op mijn fiets, of ben ik aan het slapen. Daarnaast hebben we een stretch gehad van 6 dagen met bushcamps en zonder de luxe van Internet, maar ook geen douche en ook geen toillet.<br><br> Voordat we het zwaarste stuk van deze tocht gingen fietsen hadden we eerst de hergroepering van mij, Kyra, JP en Ninka. Dat was in Cusco en heel erg ...

... This time on the subject of middle ages which hunts.<br>&#8220;Contrary to an impression widely held today, most of those who accused a woman of being a witch were women. Accusations usually arose from the activities where women came together &#8211; the raising of children, the household's daily tasks, the tending of cows and poultry, the bringing in of harvest and sometimes the gathering of sticks and light firewood.&#8221;<br><br>Gossip queens!<br>

... and beyond in a dizzying display of aeronautics and acrobatic movements that unveiled the hidden secrets of the desert below.<br><br>The French guy had had his head in his arms most of the way around and was now sweating quite profusely to the extent it was dripping from his elbows. I looked at him and my stomach did a few twists, but were luckily gone with a deep breath and a glance to the horizon. <br><br>We landed smoothely and went to buy a souvenir from ...

... the pilot and a finnish girl got in the front... very cosy indeed!<br><br>Well, it was scary but pretty amazing... the pilot pointed out all sorts of different lines and then flew sideways over them one way, and then the other way, so we all had a good view... after the first turn, the Frenchguy grabbed teh sick bag... and ... I looked out of my window to avoid seeing the contents of his stomach!... we went over about 15 different shapes, monkey, dog, hands, tree... birds... all ...

... br><br>Then came sandboarding down the largest sand dune in the world. Standing 2km tall, and towering above all the surrounding mountains was one mother of a sandcastle. Our only stipulation was not to get up early and to make sure a dune buggy did all the hard work, which turned into me trudging up a sandy everest at 4am. Lucy cleverly dodged this adventure and stayed tucked up in bed (with good reason as well, as the previous evening we had partied till 1am ...

... after the last 3 earthquakes.<br>Got the bus that night at 10pm, paid extra for the comfy seats downstairs and it was worth it. Watched one movie then lights out until 7am and Nazca.<br>Thought we were getting a taxi to the airport, but ended up getting taken to some airlines office. I was not awake enough to start fighting and ended up paying too much for our flight over the lines. All relative I suppose, I could have saved us $10 if I had ...

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 metres long and incredibly intricate - they can only be seen in entirety from the air.<br>We met Alan, a fellow Perth-ite on the bus in, so the three of us head to the airport ultra early in the ...

... can support one family let alone fifteen. They have a very poor and very harsh existence but are able to survive due to water supplies provided by underground aqueducts. It is not exactly plentiful but enough to eke a living from a hostile terrain.<br><br>A few miles from the village are, in a very grim fashion, some open graves. We are told that they were the final resting place of some ancient Nascans and that tomb-robbers had discovered the graves and stolen ...

... me feeling shades of green too, so I did not look at him again until we were back on solid ground having kept breakfast down!We could have left straight away really but decided we like the little dusty town and would stay 2 nights. Other things swaying the decision to stay was an uber comfortable bed and a shower that stayed the temperature that you set it at and had good pressure. Not to mention the all important cable TV in our room for the all important rugby game on ...