The Nazca Lines
Just outside the town of Nazca in southern Peru is a flat desert plain on which ancient peoples (500BC – 500AD) etched hundreds of large images (geoglyphs), sometimes over 300m in length, that only really become apparent when viewed from above – the Nazca Lines. Our merry band of overlanders, David and Francine, Ivan, Heather and Jon, and Gerhard and Martina, took a very exciting 38 minute flight over the lines. It was quite ‘acrobatic’ with steep turns so that first one side had a view and then the other. The flight went very quickly, but we all thoroughly enjoyed it (well those that took the travel sickness pills did).
Leaving Nazca towards Palpa, we visited a few more geoglyphs viewed from grounds level and/or towers.
Wonder why they made the geoglyphs when they couldn’t see them properly unless of course aeroplanes were secretly invented 5000 years ago.
The intrigue persists of the Nazca Lines as the import of the geoglyphs over millennia continues to mystify. Still a readily presented excuse to be airborne – who can resist. The adventure now aptly described as by air, by sea, by land [BB excelling], and by rail [those Casey Jones moments]. A more complete adventure – unimaginable.
Absolutely fascinating, so intriguing why they made the geoglyphs so big, we will never know I suppose.