The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Well Steph did make it everyone! The hostel owner gave us a lift to the bus terminal, so there was no chance of her being abducted. All that excitment for nothing!!

The 30 hour bus ride went very smoothly, but lets just say, neither of us are in a hurry to do that one again!! Steph also got very annoyed that once you are on the bus you cannot get off again until you reach your destination! All she wanted was a bottle of coke! They really are like airplanes. They even check your hand luggage and WAND you!

Our two days in Lima were nice. We spent one day in the centre where we saw the changing of the guards at the palace, stumbled across chinatown (its all of a block) and visited some Catacumbas, many many bones. The next day we dipped our feet in the Pacific and went to the Parque De Aguas. It was so cool!! A must see in Lima in our opinion! It was full of fountains that were lit up in the dark with different colours. Some were tunnels you could walk through, others danced to music and one you could play in. When the fountain was off people tried to run in, before they started again. One man was caught out big time in a rather unfortunate place, or maybe he wasn´t caught out and he had actaully wet himself.... Neither of us got caught!!

We arrived in Nasca yesturday and decided to follow in the footsteps of Indiana Jones and hunt for the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by following the lines! Unfortunatly your not allowed to stand on the lines and we couldn´t afford a flight so we didn´t get very far in our quest... although I´m not sure it matters too much as Indiana Jones did flood the joint before he left! The lines were still pretty cool though. We saw The Hands (Frog), The Tree (Seaweed) and The Lizard, which was cut in half when the main road was built. We also saw tones of lines and geometric shapes on the ground from our viewing tower, all going in different directions.

Last night we went to the Planetarium, which was all about the lines.  It explained how some of the lines appear to point to important stars and the summer and winter solstice. We think it was the aliens. We were also able to look at the moon through a pretty powerful telescope and see the craters incredibly clearly.

Our short time in Nasca has been good, although some may say its been too long... all they have are the lines. We get the bus out in a few hours to head to Cusco and Machu Picchu.

Oh and just for the record, Nasca is 70km away from the sea, so the Tsunami warning does NOT apply. Machu Piccu is even further away, so think we´re safe.

We´ll keep you posted on the search for the Crystal Skull Kingdom!

Anna and Steph