Nov 18, 2009 - Peru: Nazca Lines

Peru's Pre-Columbian Nazca culture built huge geometric line drawings in the desert over a thousand years ago. ... Hummingbirds, spiders, whales, condors, monkeys.Peru's Pre-Columbian Nazca culture built huge geometric line drawings in the desert over a thousand years ago. ... Hummingbirds, spiders, whales, condors, monkeys....

Jul 29, 2009 - Peru: Nazca Lines

We arrived in Nazca at 6am after an all night bus and decided to make it a flying stop only to see the lines and then leave for Huacachina, two hours away. ... Groggily we took a taxi with one of the flight companies to the airport to wait for an hour before our flight, enough time to pump Chris with some coffee to wear off the effects of slightly too many sleeping pills (we had been told we´d arrive at 8am not 6am!!).We arrived in Nazca at 6am after an all night bus and decided to make it a flying stop only to see the lines and then leave for Huacachina, two hours away. ... Groggily we took a taxi with one of the flight companies to the airport to wait for an hour before our flight, enough time to pump Chris with some coffee to wear off the effects of slightly too many sleeping pills (we had been told we´d arrive at 8am not 6am!!)....

Jun 23, 2009 - Nazca

A day spent in the desert, at the advice of a kind bus ticket teller, proved very worthwhile.A day spent in the desert, at the advice of a kind bus ticket teller, proved very worthwhile....

Jun 22, 2009 - Nazca

This morning we woke and toured the Nazca Cemetery and saw lots of mummies and the remains of bodies thousands of years old. ... We then took a flight over the Nazca Lines. ... It was an amazing ride seeing these mysterious creatures etched into the sand and stone and thank god I don't get motion sickness! It is currently about 35 degrees here- We are pretty much in the middle of the desert.This morning we woke and toured the Nazca Cemetery and saw lots of mummies and the remains of bodies thousands of years old. ... We then took a flight over the Nazca Lines. ... It was an amazing ride seeing these mysterious creatures etched into the sand and stone and thank god I don't get motion sickness! It is currently about 35 degrees here- We are pretty much in the middle of the desert....

May 21, 2009 - Nazca lines

The Nazca Lines are an incredible archeological mystery. ... They are lines that were made thousands of years ago by the Inca people.The Nazca Lines are an incredible archeological mystery. ... They are lines that were made thousands of years ago by the Inca people....

May 14, 2009 - Nazca

They stretching across the Nazca plains like a giant map or blueprint left by ancient astronauts. ... The Nazca Lines are an definately an engima, brought home more so when you are here to see them for yourself. ... Since their discovery, the Nazca Lines have inspired fantastic explanations from ancient gods, a landing strip for returning aliens, a celestial calendar created by the ancient Nazca civilization -- putting the creation of the lines between 200 BC and 600 AD, used for rituals probably related to astronomy. ... The first serious study of the Nazca Lines came in 1941, when an American historian, named Paul Kosok, visited the desert. ...

Apr 9, 2009 - Nazca

OASIS & SANDBOARDING- Still on the wayt to Nazca we stop at this oasis in the desert where we hire dune buggies to go sandboarding. ... NAZCA By the way sometimes you see Nazca spelt with an S, this is the spanish way of writing it and Z is the Peruvian way, and as I believe Peru belongs to the Peruvians and not the Spanish I chopose top spell it with a Z. ... Nazca lines as clear as day, amazing!! Apparently the lines have not been lost due to there location and the fact that nature naturally helps preserve the lines, that is why that have been maintain for over 2000 years. ... It was really cool to be looking down on works that had been created by the Nazca people so many years ago. ... The Nazca people however, while having the same belief of new life did not sacfrice the family. ...

Mar 27, 2009 - Nazca - Ica

D e Cusco nous allons a Nazca, changement de décor total: après la fraiche montagne de Cusco nous nous retrouvons dans un chaud desert. ... Et oui, la cote peruvienne c’est le desert! A Nazca nos tetes provoquent chez les gens un elan d’esperance et le font accourir vers nous en criant “fly ticket?” nous nous repondons avec la meme negation qu’a Cusco, ce qui leur fait retomber dans la meme reverie qu’ils n’auraient jamais du quitter. ... Le fameux fly ticket c’est le tour en avión pour observer les celebres et mysterieuses lignes de Nazca, qui ne peuvent etre appreciees que des aires. ... De Nazca nous allons a Ica, une ville tres peu touristique et sans grand interet pour nous. ... De Cusco fuimos a Nazca. ...

Jan 23, 2009 - Nazca - Peru

Anyway our flight over the Nazca lines was for 8am so it was a shower, no breakfast (not recommended before the flight) and then our transfer to the airport. ... However, it was worth it checking out the Nazca desert and looking at the amazing images carved out in the sand. ... Got back to the hotel about 11 and couldn't sleep so we watched a video explaining the Nazca lines and ate breakfast. ... Afterwards sat at the pool until my transfer to the Nazca cemetery arrived. ... So in Nazca we tried this out. ...

Oct 26, 2008 - Nazca

Well we made it to Nazca . ...

Oct 21, 2008 - Nazca, Peru

Ravi -- What better way to follow an evening on a roller coaster dune buggy ride (fyi, I NEVER go on roller coasters because of my weak stomach) than a choppy, 5-seater airplane? Those of you who saw the latest Indiana Jones flick this summer have heard of the Nazca Lines. ... About 1500 years ago, the Nazca people had great mathematical skills, with aqueducts and irrigation still in use today. ... The Nazca people themselves never saw what their final product looked like, and no one today knows exactly why they were created: most likely for religious ceremonies and offerings to the Gods, though some have postulated extra-terrestial influences. ... Tim and I hung around the sleepy and dusty town of Nazca the remainder of the day before our night bus out of the region. ...

Oct 15, 2008 - Sketch-a-Doodle

We arrived in the late afternoon and jumped on a small plane to fly over the Nazca lines. ... The Nazca lines truly are amazing. ... There aren´t just a few symbols, there are hundreds of lines covering the entire plain and across some mountain ridges.We arrived in the late afternoon and jumped on a small plane to fly over the Nazca lines. ... The Nazca lines truly are amazing. ... There aren´t just a few symbols, there are hundreds of lines covering the entire plain and across some mountain ridges....