Today we flew in a tiny shaking Cessna over the mysterious Nasca lines and I am still speechless - not just because of the shaking of the aircraft! ;-)
There are many theories of how and why and by whom the Nazca geoglyphs have been constructed. Rangeing from the very likely explanation of being an astronomical calendar of the pre-Inca Paracas culture to the less likely one of being alien drawings. Somehow though there might be another, very simple explanation. What if the local tourism board of Nazca had just painted them themselves??? If you have a look around in Nazca you will see that everybody profits from the lines, be it the taxi drivers, hotel owners or people selling crafts...you can get absolutely everyhting with the lines on it - shirts, mouse pads, bags, postcards... So I'll stick to my theory of clever marketing strategy and am already developing new designs to paint in the Goethepark next to my home in Mainz ;-)
So thanks to the Lines Nazca is a lively and pretty little town. The best thing about it is a little cafe that calls a real coffee machine its own. After 4 month more or less on Nescafe this is a blessing and as Alberto shares my addiction we became regular guests at this little place. Tonight at 22pm wewill take the night bus to Arequipa, the ¨white city".
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