Oh man, Peru has so much great archaeology i completely blanked on the Nazca lines being here.
Great timing on the post, thanks! I'll be driving by Nazca in a few days.
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There's a tower along the highway that you can go up (for a few soles) and see a few of the figures. If you want a really good look, you can get a plane ride, but that's expensive.
Oh dang, thanks for the tip. Yea, I'm good with a tower. Or honestly, peering from my bus window, haha, I've spent a lot of time looking at their satellite images.
You really got around the country. Did you take tours or drive around yourselves?
You really won't see it from the bus window. You'll just know it's there from the tower. We took collectivos mostly and the occasional bus. Collectivos were a whole lot easier than buses. The last part of the trip, we hooked up with Peruhop.
And so far, Greenpeace has only irreparably damaged one of them!
Seriously? Why?
It was a misguided attempt to send a message.
Yeah, it's sad, actually.
This one in particular was created by the Paracas people (400-200BC), which is older than the Nazca culture (200BC - 500 AD)
Bonus: The Nazca were pre-dated by another people called the Paracas who also made lines like that:
Paracas Culture - 800 BC to 100 BC.
Nazca - 100 BC to 800 AD.
The candelabra is actually Paracas.
Yeah, I did know that, but I didn't get a really good picture of the Nazca lines. We went up the tower, but they didn't show up very well.
Time without TV or internet. They got bored. Simple as.
This is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
