Arrived at the bus station at about 1630, we had pre booked a hostel from lonely planet at random, looked across the road and there it was ! Nazca is an odd town, surviving purely due to the lines, it reminded us of a small two bit town in a western movie, one road in one road out. We had been told about there being two options to view the lines, one from the air where you could see them all and the other from a lookout tower where you can only see two. Mrs ...

WE HAVE NOW ARRIVED IN LIMA - IT'S A REAL CHANGE FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE AND FRENETIC ENERGY OF RIO. WERE STAYING IN A SMALL FAMILY RUN HOSTEL WHICH OVER LOOKS THE PACIFIC OCEAN. THERE IS A MASSIVE SKATE PARK TO ONE SIDE WHERE THEY HOSTED THE NATIONAL SKATE CHAMPIONSHIPS YESTERDAY, ADI YOU WOULD'VE LOVED IT !. WE'LL BE HERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEN PLAN TO GET A BUS DOWN TO NAZCA WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR THE GEOMETRIC LINES WHICH COVER THE DESERT. FROM THERE WE...

We arrived in Lima after three flights from Rio, it was pretty tiring and we eventually arrived at midnight. Thankfully we had arranged for the Hostel owner to collect us form the Airport. The hostel was lovely, it was in the safest part of Lima, overlooking the pacific ocean. The owner also had three black mastiffs which were all huge, but great. It was such a great place to chill out, it really was a home from home. We owe a lot to Mauricio but thats another st...