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Becca, Zoe and Katy's Peruvian Adventure
Hello! We are VERY tired (and this is now the 2nd time we write this as Rebecca pressed the wrong button, and lost it first time round!) In the last 3 days, we have slept in a bed once, and spent more than 35 hours sitting on coaches smelling of stale urine and filled with crazy Peruvians.
On Friday evening we departed for our epic adventure to Nasca on a coach, and 15 hours later we got off the coach (hallelujah!), slightly less adventuresome in Nasca. Katy and Zoe immediately used the disgusting toilets, whilst I jiggled in a corner, determined that there had to be better toilets somewhere. We were acosted by a strange man, who persuaded us to get into a taxi to the small airstrip on the outskirts of town. A few detours later (mainly to get money, as we realised we couldn't pay the man otherwise), we got to the airport where we handed over our well earned dollars for a flight over the Nasca lines that we were promised would happen by 12pm. At 2.30 we were still waiting, wondering if we would ever fly, and whether we would catch our connecting bus at 4! Luckily along came another man who was dressed in pilot uniform (Zoe thought he was trying to do the Top Gun thing with the shades etc!!), and we all bundled into the tiny 5 seater plane. He asked if anyone wanted to be the copilot, and before he had even finished the sentence I ( Rebecca) was in the front seat with my headphones and a big grin on!!
Off we flew (kinda) over the desert. To say the ride was a little bumpy would be an understatement, and the contents of Katy's sick bag will corroborate this. Her and one another girl were a little poorly as the pilot tilted the plane on its side and then went in circles to view the depictions on the desert floor. Imagine the worst ever teacup or waltzer ride you've ever been on! Zoe is laughing at my description, but I feel it is fairly accurate!!! Hmph! The lines were amazing, and the 35 minute flight was well worth the horrific journey to get there. It was hard to imagine that the drawings in the desert may have been there for thousands of years, although it was a shame that many have been destroyed by people carelessly driving over them in 4-wheel drives, which is now thankfully illegal. Zoe now wants to be a pilot even more!
After the flight, we somewhat shakily got out of the plane, some more shaky than others, and we made our way back to the coach station, for the next part of our adventure in Paracas.
To be continued....
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