Today has been another adventurous day in Peru. I´m absolutely knackered!
Early this morning we all made our way to the local airport to have a one hour flight over the Nazca lines; it was absolutely amazing experience. It´s really hard to describe it, I guess it´s just one of those things where you have to be there.
However I forgot to bring my tea tree oil to sniff because if anyone knows me well I have terrible motion sickness. I was ok for most of the flight but when we landed back at the airport the pilot did one fast hairpin turn and that was enough to make me bring up all my delicious breakfast...I felt so awful and gross. Lucky there were bags there. Sorry for the ones back home who have just finished eating!
I´m so glad we stayed on the ground afterwards. We visited a local cemetery of the Nazca people. It was extrodinary to see these open graves that had a whole family together as well as some of their possessions in order to bring it with them in the afterlife. We also visited demonstrations of pottery making and mining which was a great insight into the local professions. Our local guide said mining pays a lot more money than anything else in Peru but is the most dangerous.
For lunch we ate at a lovely restaurant in the heart of Nazca where I tried the Peruvian Ceviche, which is a seafood or fish dish cooked with lemon. One of the poor English girls in the group took a bite out of what she though was a pepper (capsicum) but in fact was an extremely HOT chilli. It took quite some time before here scarlet red face turned back to white. I had some too and WOah....the hottest thing I ever tasted! But the dish was absolutely delicious! Chris is you´re reading this I wish you were here, you´d love the food so much. But don´t worry I´ve been taking pictures of all the mouth watering dishes so maybe I can ask them how they cook it.
The rest of the day we went to the local Nazca Museum, strolled around the streets of Nazca and cooled ourselves down by taking a dip in the hotels swimming pool.
Just briefly yesterday was a more active day; went to Ballestos Islands, and went to the Sand Dunes in Huacachincha. The sand dunes was the most exhilirating part of the day. We went riding in a V8 vehicle of the dunes which was soooo much fun and then got to ride down the slopes on boards. I tried lying down as well as standing. I loved lying belly down head first and shooting down the slope! I wish I had one of these dunes in my backyard! :) It´s the first time I´ve ever been to a dessert and I loved it. It wasn´t that hot either! Today was much more hotter, 32 degrees.
Ok dinner is waiting for me so I better join the others. Take care and hasta lluego!
Early this morning we all made our way to the local airport to have a one hour flight over the Nazca lines; it was absolutely amazing experience. It´s really hard to describe it, I guess it´s just one of those things where you have to be there.
However I forgot to bring my tea tree oil to sniff because if anyone knows me well I have terrible motion sickness. I was ok for most of the flight but when we landed back at the airport the pilot did one fast hairpin turn and that was enough to make me bring up all my delicious breakfast...I felt so awful and gross. Lucky there were bags there. Sorry for the ones back home who have just finished eating!
I´m so glad we stayed on the ground afterwards. We visited a local cemetery of the Nazca people. It was extrodinary to see these open graves that had a whole family together as well as some of their possessions in order to bring it with them in the afterlife. We also visited demonstrations of pottery making and mining which was a great insight into the local professions. Our local guide said mining pays a lot more money than anything else in Peru but is the most dangerous.
For lunch we ate at a lovely restaurant in the heart of Nazca where I tried the Peruvian Ceviche, which is a seafood or fish dish cooked with lemon. One of the poor English girls in the group took a bite out of what she though was a pepper (capsicum) but in fact was an extremely HOT chilli. It took quite some time before here scarlet red face turned back to white. I had some too and WOah....the hottest thing I ever tasted! But the dish was absolutely delicious! Chris is you´re reading this I wish you were here, you´d love the food so much. But don´t worry I´ve been taking pictures of all the mouth watering dishes so maybe I can ask them how they cook it.
The rest of the day we went to the local Nazca Museum, strolled around the streets of Nazca and cooled ourselves down by taking a dip in the hotels swimming pool.
Just briefly yesterday was a more active day; went to Ballestos Islands, and went to the Sand Dunes in Huacachincha. The sand dunes was the most exhilirating part of the day. We went riding in a V8 vehicle of the dunes which was soooo much fun and then got to ride down the slopes on boards. I tried lying down as well as standing. I loved lying belly down head first and shooting down the slope! I wish I had one of these dunes in my backyard! :) It´s the first time I´ve ever been to a dessert and I loved it. It wasn´t that hot either! Today was much more hotter, 32 degrees.
Ok dinner is waiting for me so I better join the others. Take care and hasta lluego!
Comments
Great to hear that you are having a womderful time. It's only just started and you have done so much already! You'll be exhausted by the time you get back home.
Continue to have a great time and stay safe.
Luv Kell
Great to hear that you are having a womderful time. It's only just started and you have done so much already! You'll be exhausted by the time you get back home.
Continue to have a great time and stay safe.
Luv Kell
Sorry to hear you were sick on the flight, poor litle lady! Sounds like you're having an amazing time though.
How are you feeling about the trek? Is everyone in your group going to do it? Are you making some nice new friends? : )
WOWO. It's been a week already. Can't wait to hear more about it.
Take care and say hi to your dad for me.
xx Meg