Drive to Nazca

I had a reasonably good night's sleep but was still up two hours earlier than I needed to be. Once the others got back from their desert camp, we had breakfast, and Nikki and Ritchie updated us on the road blocks situation. Although there are no guarantees, they were generally confident that we would be able to get through to Cusco before our deadline of December 4th. They couldn’t tell us how long it is likely to take or which way we will have to go. Armed with this information, most of us decided to stay with the truck. Four people chose to head back to Lima and take flights to Cusco.

Ritchie was keen for us to get going, so we said hurried goodbyes and hit the road. We stopped at a supermarket in the first town we came to to stock up with personal supplies and food for a couple of days truck catering. No matter what was ahead, we wouldn't starve!

We drove on towards Nazca through stunning scenery, pausing briefly to have a look at the geoglyphs known as the Palpa Lines. These lines predate the more famous Nazca Lines. The Palpa compositions usually feature human figures or creatures and are generally believed to be the handiwork of the Paracas culture, which lasted from c.800 BC to AD 1. This is before the Nazca culture, which existed from c.1 to 650 AD.Read more