South Americas premier archaeological site here I come.

From Nazca took 2 days to ride to Cuzco. The scenery was stunning as we climbed through the mountains and the road was brand new. This added up to some great riding though I would have liked a sportsbike with a tad more power.

We met 3 Ecuadorians on KTMs, one of which had broken down. Morale of the story is buy a Yamaha.

Nazca

Viewed tha Nazca lines which are perfectly formed geometrical shapes upto 135 metres long that were produced by the Nazca people. They removed the darker surface rocks to expose the lighter rocks below. They can only be seen from the air so how come they are so perfect and why did they produce them. For an accurate answer Google Nazca Lines. Took a 30 minute flight over them and these are some of the shots. You will have to look closely to see the humming bird.
On the way there we met a German also on an XT660R and it made me realise that mine is well down on power.

The trip is fun again

Travelled along the coast road in a stunning desert. It was amazing to see the desert come right down to the ocean.

Had lunch in a local restaurant where the menu items were walking around out the back.

No we didn´t get p****d in Pisco

Tried a few Pisco sours and was plied with beer by a bunch of Irish guys. I was going to take more photographs but I was a bit insulted. Did nobody tell him that it is ´rude to point´. Stayed in a hotel with a swimming pool which was a first for the whole trip.

Apology!

I must start by apologising for the lack of photos in this section. Unfortunately I got a trojan on my camera memory card which I then transferred to my back up memory sticks. I managed to save the photos on the memory sticks but I had not backed up for a couple of days and so when I reformatted my memory card I lost a couple of days of photos.

It was great to have someone to ride with again and the following day (30 Nov) we made Trujillo where we stayed for a day and went on a tour to some historic sites. The Temple of the Sun and the Moon and Chan Chan. I felt like quite an archaeologist. Stopped at the beach on the way back to the hotel. Their Ship´s Husbandry could do with a bit of work. I know just the man. Apparently his boss was a really nice guy!

This is what you call roadworks

Wanted to go Hueras which is supposed to be a prime trecking location in South America. It was going to be a dirt road to get there but unfortunately that dirt road was being turned into a sealed road and every 10 minutes we had to stop for roadworks. In the end time was against us and we turned back to the PanAmerican highway. Good dirt riding though the like of which we had not had since Mongolia.