Day 4: Nazca Lines/Arequipa 
Since their discovery 70 years ago, these puzzling drawings in the earth nasca-lines.jpg (32907 bytes) have intrigued visitors and scientists. To get a birds-eye view of the Nazca lines, take a short flight this morning. Afterwards, it's off to Chauchilla cemetery Paracas-cemetry.jpg (25306 bytes) where thousand year old mummies lie in the open and ancient bones and pottery shards litter the ground - an archeologists playground! This evening, a long bus ride to Arequipa, arriving around midnight.  Gold "mining" efforts are conducted here... gold-works-nasca.jpg (68756 bytes)