Day 49
Location: Nasca, Peru
The past two days have been eventful. Expensive, but eventful nontheless. After leaving Lima, I went to Pisco and there I was able to visit one of the main places that inspired me to visit Peru…the Ballestas Island, aka ¨Poor Man´s Galapagos Islands¨. I saw Anthony Bourdain go there and wanted to come since seeing it on his show. For the first time I got to see Penguins and sea lions in a natural setting instead of a zoo. And might I say, penguins are freaking adorable as hell. From there I went into the middle of the desert. I did not even know Peru had such a desert but there I was. Dunebuggying is the most awesome experience EVER. It was just a means of transport to take me to my sandboarding locations but the actual buggy ride was so fraking great. It was literally like being in a rollercoaster in the desert. Everyone must experience that once in their life.
Afterwards I got on a bus on my way to Nasca. I went to sleep right away and woke up one hour into the ride to experience one of the best views of mountains in my life. I did not have my camera on hand and it was surreal the feeling of my actually getting to see such a marvelous view and the pity of knowing that everyone back at home couldn´t see such beauty. It was at that moment looking at the slopes and hills that I was kind of grateful to be able to see such things in my life.
Sappiness aside, I took a flight over the Nasca Lines today. To those not brushed up on archeological and international sites, it´s pretty much lines, sketched in the middle of the ground only seen from the air. It dates back thousands of years and no one knows why or how it got there. I´ve semi read up on the lines and actually seeing it instead of seeing pictures was a whole new matter. All in all, concerning the experience though my happiest point was containing my breakfast. Let me say being in such a small flying contraption that dips dramatically in altitude and continuously swayed from side to side does not help a person´s stomach settle well. My sheer determination to not vomit and accomplishment in carrying out that will is my proudest moment this week.
Tonight I´ll be on another night bus out of here. Inca Trail in a week´s time. Can I just cry mercy now?
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