Highway to Nasca

Heather is standing in the middle of the Panamericana Sur highway; it is like Highway 1 on the West coast.  Nasca is about five hours south of Lima by car.  The whole area is a giant desert that serves as the medium for the famous Nasca Lines.

Nasca Desert

Finally there!  After a long ride, a blockade set up by cotton farmers protesting the unfair prices that they are forced to sell their cotton, the riot police clearing the road, mules pulling on overloaded wagons packed with tobacco leaves, we had arrived! 

Humming Bird

This is one of the designs found in the Nasca desert.  It is as big as a football field, and one can only see it in its entirety from the air.  Hence the controversy about the lines' existence.

Spider

Another of the nasca lines designs.

AeroIca Tour Plane

This is the Cessna that took us up on the most turbulent flight I have ever experienced.  When we landed, we were all drenched in sweat, and Heather and Gerd almost lost their meals in mid-flight.  Otherwise, it was a lot of fun if you enjoy suicidal rollercoasters.