We arrived in Nazca around 0630 this morning all feeling a little tired after the night bus journey, although thankfully we were able to check into our hotel as soon as we arrived.
Nazca is a small town in a valley surrounded by mountains in the Ica desert. It is famous for its “Nazca Lines” for which there are many theories about how they came about. They are thought to have been etched in the sands by three different pre-Incan civilisations: The Paracas people, 900BC-200BC; The Nazca people dating from approximately 200BC to 600AD; and the settlers from Ayacucho around 630AD. However really no-one actually knows when, how, or why these lines were formed.
After a rest and shower we travelled to the airport for our scenic flight over the famous Nazca Lines. The flight was around 40min and was a brilliant way to see these phenomenon as each one measures anywhere from 32m to 300m in size which makes them impossible to appreciate from the ground.
We went into town for a traditional Peruvian lunch of Ceviche (a raw fish salad, similar to T.I. namis), leche de tigre (milk of the seafood - the juices from the marinade process of the Ceviche served in a glass), and Arroz con Mariscos (a seafood Paella type meal). It was all delicious. After lunch we returned to our hotel and relaxed for the afternoon to the sounds of the waterfall running into the pool.
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