Nasca Lines

We´re in Nasca at the moment. We came to look at the ¨world famous, Nasca Lines¨. They are pictures scraped in the sand about 2000 years ago (although gav has started his own conspiracy theory, saying that they were done in the 1920´s). No one knows why they are there as they can only be appreciated from the air, but the people of Nasca are making the most of them, diverting all the Gringos en-route to Machu Picchu to their otherwise pretty awful little desert town.

I took a flight to see them in a tiny plane, only space for the pilot and 3 passengers. Gav said he didn't want to go, partly because he thought they were something people just see for the sake of it and partly because of his conspiracy theory, but I think mainly beause of his fear of heights.

Here's a couple of pics of the 2 best ones, a hummingbird and 'the hands'. They look a bit like doodles really. When you've seen the naked giant in Cearne Abbas (Near Dorchester) in Nick and Anna's back garden it's hard to be impressed by a few swiggles in the sand.