r where people would gather to go out in town afterwards… Not quite the truth, it was more like a disco with sleep-over possibility… Anyway, arriving from Nazca I immediately had my big welcome party!
ew coca-leaves and drink coca-tea. This is the way local people try to cope with altitude sickness. A bit disappointing but after about 30 leaves and 2 cups of tea I still don’t feel any effect…
communicate with their gods. There are figures of a bird, a monkey, a whale… As they are only visible from high altitude, the early Nazca people have never seen them their selves! Quite impressive! In the afternoon I visited some grave tombs (less impressive!) and did some shopping Nazca town.
the bottom of the dune at about 4.00AM and hiked the first 2 hours under the moonlight. When we reached the top of the dune at about 10.30AM, the sun was already burning so we didn’t waist too much time there and boarded down. After having recovered from the early morning adventure, I took the 3PM bus to Arequipa.
n the buses of “Cruz del Sur”. Everyone travelling with “Cruz del Sur” is supposed to check in his or her luggage minimum 30 minutes before departure. After an extensive ID-control, passing the metal detector, a bag search, a body search and being filmed, one can take his spacey place in the bus. Before departure the bus attendants check if you have fastened your seatbelts and also give a safety demonstration pointing out the emergency exits. Just after leaving one of the drivers (in Spanish ironically called “pilotos”) takes the word and gives some information on the route and the expected weather cond
itions on arrival. The attendants also serve meals and drinks and… organize an on-board prize Bingo… can you believe it!
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