Nazca lines

The Nasca lines are geometrical lines / shapes which have survived since Nascan times (up to 350AD) due to the arid desert. Nobody knows quite how or why they were made. Neither of us fancied the pricey trip in one of the small, shaky airplanes which don't have the greatest safety record.

We had a lazy morning lying by the pool then had lunch at the hotel - bland veggie soup for me, tasty garlic bread and chips for Anna. An elderly guest came up to us telling us all about aliens, Machu Picchu and people walking out of Lake Titicaca. Her English was great but we had no idea what she was on about!

A bit more lazing, then we wandered out in search of a taxi. After two quotes of 70S we found one for 30S who drove us the 22km to the Mirador observation tower (2S) and back. From the windy tower (which gave me a bit of vertigo) you can see a hand and a tree - personally I think the hand looks more like a chicken. The figures were smaller and fainter than I expected...I wasn't overly impressed; Anna absolutely loved it - spot the historian amongst us! I was more interested in being on the Pan American highway at last!

Neither of us fancied dinner due to our sloth-like day and both feeling poorly so we picked up drinks and an ice cream for me and a customer told me my Spanish was good. Went back to the hotel to watch Miss Congeniality and Charlie's Angels in Spanish for further studying :)Läs mer