Flight over the Nazca Lines

We had a relaxed truck breakfast at 8 this morning.  Ritchie made his delicious savoury egg muffins with bacon and did some toast, too.

Seventeen members of the group had booked to do the light aircraft flight over the Nazca Lines this morning.  It cost $100 each.  We wouldn't have done it had it not been for the money Fiona and Mike gave us before we came away.  We will be forever grateful. 

We were picked up at 10am in a minibus and a car for the transfer to the airport.  We had to navigate our way through the queues of trucks to get there.

Once at the airport, we had to check in at the Aeronasca desk.  We needed to present our passports, leave all of our bags, and get on the scales to be weighed!  Many of the group said they had gained weight and put it down to too many truck snacks!  I appear to have lost a bit more despite not being able to stick to the low-carb regime. 

We were divided into three groups for the flight so that our weight was distributed evenly!  The first group was called to the gate quite quickly.  We were in the third group and had to wait quite a while.  When our turn came, our co-pilot, Luis, came to the terminal to meet us and escort us to our plane, a 6-seater Cessna, the smallest aircraft we've ever been in.  After a group photo outside, we got into our preassigned seats (with difficulty!), and were soon taxiing to the runway.Read more