** PERU - IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF VON DANIKEN **


This is the 27 June 2005 Edition of this page.


Off to PERU to find the INCA Trail (& NAZCA lines)!!!


For this trip, I needed to get the 'go-ahead' from my doctor about the advisability of the HIGH ALTITUDE, for example the 3300metres at Cusco!! My doctor said "10000 feet is OK, but don't go above 14000feet". So the INCA TRAIL was ON! I booked for 18 June 2001 until early July as that is the coolest part if the year in Equatorial PERU! (Just in the Southern Hemisphere!)

I'd be doing my 'extension' to the Nazca Lines. The plan was to fly over them rather than obtain ground-experience of them!!

Apart from that 'extension', the rest of the exploration had some 'goodies' in it:-

Like:::

Lima - thats virtually at SEA-LEVEL!
Arequipa - at 2325 metres (7750 ft) for acclimatisation!
Juliaca - at 3822 metres (12740ft) - my first Altiplano experience
Puno - 3830 meters (on shores of Lake Titicaca!) - breathing more carefully here!
Sillustani - climbed to about 13800 feet here
Lake Titicaca - at 3830 metres (12767ft) - the World's highest navigable Lake
Cusco - at 3326 metres (11087ft)
Machu Picchu (Lost City of the Incas) - from 2700 meters (9000 ft and VERY HILLY!!)

I made the journey to some of the areas written about by that very interesting German writer, Erich Von Daniken. His books, even the ones that I have, include:-

  1. Chariots of the Gods
  2. Return to the Stars
  3. The Gold of the Gods
  4. Miracles of the Gods
  5. In Search of Ancient Gods

In the theses covered in these books, HE covers material from the ancient Inca Civilisations of Peru, whilst I covered the INCA TRAIL and the Nazca Lines near Cuzco.


The following is the INTRODUCTION (with more links in the future) to another travelogue:

The index for these links is as follows:-

Summary - The PLAN
1. Getting to the Start
2. Lima
3.Arequipa's surprises
4. Puno, Lake Titicaca and the Floating Islands.
5.Cuzco
6.Machu Picchu!!
Roy at Macchu Picchu.

7.Cuzco & Lima again!!
8.The Nazca Lines

9.LIMA AGAIN & THE WAY HOME



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