Hola! Buenos dias!

The journey to Nazca was long but gorgeous. Miles of flat desert encased by enormous mountains - completely baron and devoid of life but at the same time breathtaking. After 9 hours on a coach, comfortable though it was, we were grateful to get off, where we were besieged by touts vying for our custom. Rhys had the idea of trying to get a flight ASAP and then leaving again on the night bus so that's exactly what we did. There was literally nothing in Nazca but sand and touts!

The flight over the Nazca lines was unforgettable! The lines are awe-inspiring - to think that people without any of the technology that we are so completely reliant on could make such amazing geometric pictures in the ground is baffling.

By far one of the best things I've ever done in my life and I would recommend it to anyone who can stomach a small engined plane flight with lots of banking left and right (so not Grace who didn't fare quite so well).

The lines were constructed by removing the Iron-ore coated pebbles that cover the Nazca desert showing the contrasting colour of the earth below. The most popular theory as to why the Nazca people did this is because they acted as form of astrological map, showing the places where the sun, moon and other celestial bodies rose and set at certain times of year. Others think that they were constructed for aliens or gods to view from above. Perhaps the coolest aspect of this world heritage site is that we just don't know why they created such awe-inspiring epic graffiti. Maybe they were just bored and wanted to mess with us a millennia and a half later.

After a few hours of chilling in town square we jumped on the night bus and headed to the backpacker hub of Peru, Cusco.

PS the photographs on here aren't ours - I'm working on getting ours uploaded (it's complicated because my camera takes such large ones) but we're not allowed to add a blog without choosing a picture.