Paredones Inn Hotel Nasca

... het afscheid en toen weer terug naar de fietsgroep. We zouden het zwaarste stuk doen, met hoogtes tot bijna 4.600 hoogte. Ook was ons trainingsstuk voorbij.<br><br> We zijn nu ongeveer 1.800 km verder en hebben duizenden hoogtemeters gemaakt. Van +45 graden tot -7 ´s nachts. Last van hoogteziekte en harde wind. We hebben bergen beklommen, door droge woestijnen gefietst en vandaag de saaiste rit gehad tot nu toe, 135 km ...

... but if you are going from Lima to Nasca it may be boring because the bus makes 3 stops before Nasca, the first one is in Paracas bay (Zarcillo Hostel), then 1 hour ride to Las Dunas Hotel, next Ica center, then Nasca.<br>I think Cruz del Sur is the best option if you travel by bus, very safe, english speaking and friendly crew and guess what, it seems it is a flight because the bus attendant will welcome you (the same speech used by airlines), a video ...

... could see all the lines below us, they were quite tricky to spot even with a map telling us what we should see and the pilot wagging his finger at it (all we could think was look ahead please)&#8230; He also made sure both sides of the plane had a chance to see everything, so one minute we were almost horizontal to the right, then flip to the left... thats when we noticed the poor guy behind Ben throwing up... this definately made us feel a bit queasy, but all ...

... they are basically open graves with a mixture of mummies, some still wth hair and skin... skulls, bones... some just placed in lines, some still sitting upright... a little morbid but interesting... we wandered around for half an hour... took some pictures, and wished them peace.... and headed back to Nazca... to complete our crazy day... got the bus to Ica, and then a taxi on to Huachina... arriving in our little sand dune haven for a relaxing day or 2.... or will it be...???

... today. Suntan!<br><br>This morning I took at 4 seater cessna flight over the Nasca Lines. Very very very cool. Even managed to get the lines in my photos! After we had lunch, we headed to Cementerio de Chauchilla - a cemetry with 12 tooms from 1500AC with mummies. Scary stuff and needs to be seen to be believed. I took only 3 pictures before it just seemed weird to take anymore ...

... leaving me and the Danes to enjoy the view. Realising there were no rescue helicopters in sight, and that there was one way down we promptly sat on our boards and tobogganed down the hill. My Danish friend was unfortunately dressed in rather small shorts, so that when he skidded at full speed yelled ´´arrrrgh meeeee baaaaaart cheeeecks´´ as his pants filled with boiling hot sand. The echoes of these screams around the mountains were unforgettable. <br><br><br>

... surface of the desert pampa sand and stretch more than 80km. The lines are largely believed to have been created predominately by the Nazca culture between 200 BC and AD 600. There are about 300 figures ranging from simple lines to ornate spiders, monkeys and even a human that looks like and astronaut. There are so many theories behind the lines themselves and why they were created. Some believe that the geoglphys maybe effigies of ancient animal ...

... 8211; a fringed palm lake surrounded by huge sand dunes. It is an increasingly popular stop to warm up after visiting the Andes. Sand-boarding is a major pastime in the area. Sandstorms are frequent often lasting for 2/3 days at a time. There are numerous shelters built against the storm made from dry palm leaves and bamboo that get built as a 4-walled hut.<br><br>The desert stretches into flat barren plains with straight roads running south &#8211; it was ...

... spectacular to write about.<br><br>Nazca is something we have wanted to see for a long time. These are lines and pictures of lizards and monkeys and things that are drawn in the desert and can really only be seen from high above. They are thought to be about 2000 years old and no one really knows how they were made and why they were made. <br ...

We took an 8 hour bus from Lima to Nazca arriving in the afternoon. Nasca is small desert community living off the revenue of the tourist attractions; primarily the Nasca lines. The Nasca lines are thick lines dug only centimeters into the earth long ago. Due to the little amount of rain this part of Peru receives, the lines have been well preserved. With an overflight, the lines can be viewed clearly ...