After more than 24 hours of flights and then an 8 hour bus journey we finally arrived in Nazca yesterday.
Today we visited Cahuachi, a pre-Incan city covering more than 24 sq km. The ride there was like a rollercoaster, the car swaying side to side as we drove along the 25km dirt track.
Strewn beside the road were the remains of humans, skulls and bones picked clean by the birds then bleached white by the sun. In the past this area was a hot zone for gangs who carried out executions here and didn't try to hide their victims.
Strewn beside the road were the remains of humans, skulls and bones picked clean by the birds then bleached white by the sun. In the past this area was a hot zone for gangs who carried out executions here and didn't try to hide their victims.
This afternoon we flew over the Nazca lines. We somehow managed to get upgraded, flying in a private plane and our trip lasting twice as long as it should! The astronaut was particularly cool waving up at us from the ground!
Tonight we are off to Arequipa on a 9 hour overnight bus ride then straight onto the world's two deepest canyons.
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