Estamos en Nasca
We made it to Nasca!!! We survived the night bus!!!!
Only thing was – it was about 6am when we got off the night bus – and although the tourist touts were already up and trying to entice you with a flight over the Nasca lines – that very morning straight off the night bus… were they mad?!? – nothing much was open, including our hostal π π
Our hunger pangs were staved off however – as we’d been given a breakfast box on the bus, but not enough time to eat it!?! So, after navigating the streets of Nasca we settled down on a park bench conveniently located almost opposite our hostal to enjoy breakfast courtesy of the bus company…
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By 7am the hostal still appeared to be closed… but having had enough of sitting outside, we decided to ring the buzzer – and luckily we were allowed to check in π
Our hostal was a pretty nice place… not only were we happy about the early check-in, BUT we liked the roof terrace… it had a pretty good view and was the perfect spot for mate drinking and corn eating…
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Besides eating corn… there’s truly not a whole heap to do in Nasca… we were there – like everyone else – to see the Nasca Lines…
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Although we booked a flight over the Nasca Lines – you don’t actually need to take a flight to see some ofΒ the Lines! In fact, there’s a viewing platform by the side of the main road on the way out of town from which you can see a couple of them π It’s just a short bus ride away from the centre, so we decided to head out to the tower π The tower itself was pretty cool – it had great views of the surrounding area… the view of the lines themselves was okay, but it would have been better if they’d built a couple of extra floors onto the tower so that you could have had a proper overhead view!?!
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The other thing we did in Nasca (before the big finale which was the actual flight over the lines…)Β – which actually far exceeded my expectations – was attend the planetarium for a short talk about the origins of the Nasca Lines, and also an explanation of Maria Reiche‘s work on the Nasca Lines… We also got to look through a HUGE telescope at the night sky π BONUS!!!