We spent the whole night on the bus from
Huancavelica and arrived in Nazca early in
the morning, only to find out that the next
buses to Cuzco would only leave later in
the afternoon...
We had not planned to visit the Nazca archeological
site, but since we were there with plenty
of time to kill, we decided to pay the price
for the planes that fly over the famous Nazca
lines, only visible from the air. The price
was a bit steep and it was worth it! During
half an hour, we flew over the site and observed
with admiration these lines traced on the
floor centuries ago and which are still a
mystery to scientists and archeologists.
The little plane was fast and the pilot maneuvered
rather acrobatically... so much that Laura
was unable to look down and take photos!
And worse... Quentin was sick for the first
time in his life on a plane, but only after
having taken as many photos as possible!
Here they are...
The hummingbird (colibri)
Following our aerial adventure, we still
had a bit of time to spend in Nazca before
our next bus so we went into a posh hotel
near the bus station and spent the afternoon
there, relaxing by the swimming pool. It
was also an opportunity to have a shower
and sleep a bit more than we had done on
our last bus...
Smelling better than we had done for the
last couple of days, we got on another night
bus, heading to Cuzco. This was the worst
bus journey we had had during our whole trip,
aboard a full bus stinking of toilets...
We're sure you'll understand we would
both rather forget about this...
22/02/2009
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