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Nazca: Doodles in the Desert

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Doodles in the Desert The Tree and the Lizard (it's tail is on one half of the highway and body on the other) We left Cusco late at night to do the overnight bus journey to Nazca through the winding desert hills and various mountains, the journey spanning across fourteen hours in total. The journey can only be described as a precursor to the desert itself (Olivia feels hell is a better analogy), the air-con wasn't working and it was roasting! This was further not helped by the people in front who reclined their seats pinning us to our seats... Despite this we actually slept fairly well and arrived in Nazca around 10am where thankfully our accommodation was ready for us when we arrived. Despite the building work outside the inside was really nice. We are only in Nazca for two nights as all that is really here is a few ruins, a few museums and thousands of lines and pictures in the desert (ok, hundreds but I'm allowing artistic licence to draw you in...) Hands, b...