Having never been in such a small plane, I was really excited - although I must admit I was little worried that the pilot kept the window open while we were taxi-ing on the runway! Soon we were in the air, and bouncing along the turbulence towards the famous Nazca Lines.
The pilot had given us a map of which route we would see the various characters. He would circle the plane first to the right and then to the left about the shape with the wing pointing it out and shout out what was (over and over again). " Left... Monkey monkey monkey monkey!"
More worryingly, he would turn to face us, holding the map in both hands and then point to where we were headed. Personally, I can follow a map adn would ahve preferred it if he'd kept his hands ont he wheel and his eyes out front!
We saw several shapes including the dog, astronaut, monkey, hummingbird, and whale to name but a few. No one knows what they are really for but it has been suggested that they are a star linked agricultural map.
Finally we landed and exited the plane quickly, with two of the party leaving with party bags they hadn't really come for!!! H was on a different plane but she got a party bag too!
Our hotel was great so we spent the rest of the day lazing by the pool before catching the night bus to Arequipa!
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