17th May. We meet the group for the next tour. A mix of ages and nationalities. It is quite possible that I am not the oldest. We did a Lima city bus tour to some nice and not so nice parts. This place is still very grey and it is hard to tell the sea from the sky. We catch the most uncomfortable bus ever designed, to Pisco 4 hours south of Lima. Try a black beer. I will never make that mistake again.
18th May We go to Paracas and then a 2 hour boat trip to the Ballestos Islands. Still grey. We see Penguins and lots of Peruvian Boobys. We then catch a really comfortable double decker bus to Nazca. Didn´t realise how dry this area is. Apparently average annual rainfall is 30mm. We now have blue sky! Nazca is pretty small with only a few streets, of which half have been dug up. Seems the local government is trying to beautify the place. Might take a while. We get some home work in for the Nazca Lines tomorrow at the local observatory.
19th Today we flew in a 6 seater plane, including pilot and co pilot, at approximately100 metres above the ground, aroun
d the Nazca lines. The pilot looked pretty relaxed whilst taxiing. Elbow resting outside the open window. The flight was fabulous fun as the plane flew around the main drawings showing people on one side of the plane first, then banking around for the other side to view. Lyn thought the chicken bus was scarier. Sometimes you have to pinch yourself that you are actually seeing such famous things as these lines. The overnight bus to Arequipa awaits.
18th May We go to Paracas and then a 2 hour boat trip to the Ballestos Islands. Still grey. We see Penguins and lots of Peruvian Boobys. We then catch a really comfortable double decker bus to Nazca. Didn´t realise how dry this area is. Apparently average annual rainfall is 30mm. We now have blue sky! Nazca is pretty small with only a few streets, of which half have been dug up. Seems the local government is trying to beautify the place. Might take a while. We get some home work in for the Nazca Lines tomorrow at the local observatory.
19th Today we flew in a 6 seater plane, including pilot and co pilot, at approximately100 metres above the ground, aroun
d the Nazca lines. The pilot looked pretty relaxed whilst taxiing. Elbow resting outside the open window. The flight was fabulous fun as the plane flew around the main drawings showing people on one side of the plane first, then banking around for the other side to view. Lyn thought the chicken bus was scarier. Sometimes you have to pinch yourself that you are actually seeing such famous things as these lines. The overnight bus to Arequipa awaits.
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