Mountains surrounding Nasca
Photo from the 4 story scaffold
This is supposed to be a tree
They say this is a hand.Barranca to Nasca – 412 miles
This wasn’t our longest ride. The directions were wrong, it was only 412 miles. We rode from 6AM until 4PM on the best piece of pavement in South America. I couldn’t find a pothole to hit or a dog to run over. It was bliss. We were running about 60 mph most of the time. We stopped at the Nasca lines viewing tower. It is a haphazard four story scaffold set up in the desert so you can view two of the famed Nasca Lines [You’ve seen pictures of these large desert carvings supposedly done thousands of years ago by a long lost tribe. They are so large that you cannot see them except from an airplane (or a four story scaffold). Early pilots saw them and people have been trying to figure out why they were made, and how, for decades. Some would like to believe they were an alien landing strip.
Every day dozens of people pay to fly over in small planes to see them. Hotels are full and restaurants are busy. I say it is one step up the tourist-scam-ladder from Mexican Hat. See the photos and decide for yourself. I paid 1 sole to climb the rickety scaffold – that’s 35 cents U.S.
This wasn’t our longest ride. The directions were wrong, it was only 412 miles. We rode from 6AM until 4PM on the best piece of pavement in South America. I couldn’t find a pothole to hit or a dog to run over. It was bliss. We were running about 60 mph most of the time. We stopped at the Nasca lines viewing tower. It is a haphazard four story scaffold set up in the desert so you can view two of the famed Nasca Lines [You’ve seen pictures of these large desert carvings supposedly done thousands of years ago by a long lost tribe. They are so large that you cannot see them except from an airplane (or a four story scaffold). Early pilots saw them and people have been trying to figure out why they were made, and how, for decades. Some would like to believe they were an alien landing strip.
Every day dozens of people pay to fly over in small planes to see them. Hotels are full and restaurants are busy. I say it is one step up the tourist-scam-ladder from Mexican Hat. See the photos and decide for yourself. I paid 1 sole to climb the rickety scaffold – that’s 35 cents U.S.
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