After all the destruction and poverty in Pisco, Nazca's main square seemed wonderful the night we arrived. It took me another day to realise that it is just a little town, which would probably not be worth visiting if it had not been for the famous Nazca lines.
We arrived in the evening, went for dinner and were all looking forward to some extra time in bed the following morning. The flight over the lines was planned for 3 p.m., so we were planning a late breakfast and maybe a little jog. However, to our surprise, our guide Alfredo woke us up at 7 in the morning shouting: Mat! Vendy! Mat! At first, I thought he decided to go running early and wanted us to go with him, but when I opened the door, he said: Get ready, we are leaving for the Nazca lines in 30 minutes. We had to get ready and pack our bags because he was not sure if we would be back in time for the check out at 11 a.m.
I was not very pleased about being woken up like that, but it was worth it. The visibility was perfect and we managed to make out all the famous and some less known drawings. Amazing!
We had lunch (which I thought was the worst meal ever...but today's lunch in Cuzco has changed my mind! :))and after lunch we celebrated Mat's birthday. Alfredo organised a cake for him and even a bottle of pisco and I managed to buy him a card (which everyone signed) and a little present too (that was quite difficult, because we are together all the time and Mat is in charge of most of the money.)
After lunch, we went to see mummies of the Nazcsa people in a graveyard in the middle of the desert. I think the weather there surprised us almost as much as the mummies themselves! It was extremely windy, we thought it was the beginning of a sandstorm, but our guide assured us that that wind was just mild compared to normal.
Then we had just little time left in Nazca and in the evening, we got on our first overnight bus to Arequipa.
