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| Tree (Arbol) - 70 mts. & Hands (Manos) - 45 mts. |
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Astronaut (Astronauta) - 32 mts. - Not sure why its titled 'The Astronaut' ... it just looks like a little guy giving a high-five lol |
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| Whale (Ballena) - 63 mts. |
I was having lunch with Shany, Blair’s mate, in Miraflores and discussing options of what to do in Peru when the Nazca lines were mentioned. In fact, I remember the conversion starting somewhat like this lol:
Shanny: ‘You’ve got to go to Nazca … you’ve heard about the Nazca lines, right?’
Jo: ‘Sure, I’ve heard about Nascar … it’s a stock car racing, isn’t it??’ … lmao ...the shame!!!
Anyway, he shook his head at me, gave me this slightly incredulous look and went on to educate me hehehe. I felt like such a ditz … but hey, we live and learn, right? :)
So, I caught the sleeper bus from Miraflores to Nazca, with David (my Austrian travel buddy), for the 7hrs ride to Nazca. Its night-time, so not much to see and we just head to our hostels.
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| Paper Wings :) |
The airport is quite small and functions solely for the flights to view the Nazca lines. The planes are mostly 6-seater (including pilot and co-pilot) propeller planes.
I had a good chuckle at the Desert Spa that was set up outside the airport … complete with outdoor massage chairs.
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| Get a relaxing back-rub pre- or post-flight lol |
The flight was awesome … more so for the desert vista than the Nazca lines themselves. Does this make me a philistine?? Lol
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| Amazing desert landscape |
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| More beautiful desert |
The reality is that some of the actual images we were supposed to look out for were so faint that it took me a while to spot them. The ones we did see were quite interesting though.
I think the thing that thrills me the most about these lines is the mystery that still surrounds them to this day.
Whilst many theories abound, the reality is that no-one REALLY knows how, or why, the Nazca people made these etchings in the desert landscape.
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