Nazca

25.sep Last stop along the Pan American Highway was Nazca, famous for the many huge drawings made by the Incas hundreds of years ago in the desert. Most of the drawings are animals and birds; monkey, hummingbird, spider, ect. The most common belief is that they were signs to the gods, but there have been theories that they where used to plan events like growing crops when certain drawings were aligned with certain stars. Quite amazing, and they only way to see them properly is to fly over in a small airplane. So, despite the many lurches, I was really pleased we went up.