After a 3 hour drive with more views of the dessert and the
Pacific, we arrive in Nazca. We spend the afternoon strolling around town,
and then relaxing a bit.
We are planning to take a flight over the famous Nazca
lines the next morning and stay for the rest of the day to get some rest before
heading on.
The Nazca Lines
The lines of Nazca have been created by the Nazca people about 2000 years ago. The German scientist Maria Reiche examined them about 50 years ago, but I guess still nobody knows why they were created. Along miles and miles of lines and geometric figures, are several animal figures.
In the bus to the airport the driver asks me where we are
going next, and I tell him that we want to drive to Arequipa the tomorrow. I
have to master some language hurdles to understand that he is telling me there
will be demonstrations in all of Peru tomorrow and the day after, and it will be
impossible to travel as the roads will be closed.
The receptionist at the hotel confirms his info. So instead of relaxing the rest of the day, we pack up our stuff and half an hour later we are on our way. Halfway through the 8 hour trip, a police officer stops us - and asks us if we can take a colleague of his with us to Arequipa. Somewhat surprised we agree. Judith ends up telling us a lot of good info about Peru and our upcoming destinations. It wasn't all pleasant though - a few hours of driving through mountain roads were quite exhausting. About 30 minutes after dropping off Judith at at a police station along the way, we arrive in Arequipa. We check into the first hostel we find - our hotel can't accommodate us until the next day. We have dinner in a not-so-much upscale place, but get some awesome chicken. And plenty of it. The french fries are not really our taste though.
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