The bus from Nazca was a long journey along the Peruvian coastline, originally we were going to go straight to Cusco from Lima but I managed to convince Ryan that the Nazca Lines were well worth the detour, the view all the way to Nazca was of desert and waves as much of the road followed the edge of the coastline, once we got to Nazca it was approximately 11pm and we ha been traveling for about 18 hours, luckily the Peruvian Buses are some of the most comfortable in the whole of South America, and a joy to travel on especially after experiencing the dilapidated buses of Ecuador who's entire fleet were well over 50yrs old and non had windows that closed fully, heating or toilets!!!!, so to be on a bus that had a clean toilet (with paper in it!!!) air conditioning, Leather seats that reclined almost 90 degrees and every passenger is suppled with dinner and breakfast, and with the 2 films they showed (kindly with English subtitles) the 18 hours flew by. Once we arrived our first agenda was to find accommodation, the bus stopped right outside a hotel called “the hotel Albania” and as soon as we got of the bus we were approached by a man from the hotel offering us room, due to the cost of hotel rooms compared to hostel room we never ever considered looking in to staying in hotels anywhere as the were always a lot more expensive, it was mentioned to the guy that we were looking for a hostel to which he responded with a “yes we have hostel room” Ryan and myself looked at each other and thought to give it a look over anyway, as soon as we walked in through down the corridor you could see the turquoise blue coming from the swimming pool lit with the underwater lights, the guy said he would show us the rooms, as we followed he down the corridor we walked past the pool as you looked up you could see the stars in the pick black sky with the hotel garden and breakfast area lit from the pool lights!, when both Ryan and myself saw this am sure he thought the same as me “F**K THIS IS GOING TO BE EXPENCIVE”. The rooms were found out the back of the hotel next to the car park, they were basic but clean and placed right next to the 2 communal bathrooms and there only seemed to be 5 other rooms that would use them. When we got back to the reception we were told the price and were pleased to find out that it was no more than we had payed for other hostels so we happily took the room. The next day was used to lounge around the pool and wonder around the small town, we used the time to look at a few tours to the Nazca Lines to check out the prices, there were tours that drove you to a viewing platform which was about two story's high but a few people told us that you could only see 2 of the Lines as they are are all spread over a few miles, and when up the platform the two that you could see you could not see very well as you were too low to see the full image. After a few hours wondering around town we headed back to the hotel to hang around the pool for a swim and a sunbathe, while there I got chatting to a girl called Dee who worked for a UK tour company that organizes tours of the whole of South America, she advised us of the best company to use to see the lines, and after discussing it with her we went ahead and booked a flight in the hotel reception for the next morning. We were picked up at 8.00 in the morning and taken to the airport, if thats what you can call it, all it really was was a few shoddy buildings and a sandy landing and takeoff strip, the drive was about 30mins to the out skirts of Nazca and the only planes around we small 4 seater's with a single propeller on the nose (a Cessna I think). We sat in the company's office, which consisted of a cafe, a shop and a seating area with a TV playing a video about the Lines, after about a 20min wait it was out turn to go up, we were directed to our plane and the closer you got to it the smaller it got, once in and buckled up we were instructed to put on the headsets so we could hear the pilot tell us when we were flying over each of the lines. The plane started to taxi down to the runway, which was just flattened dirt, so the plane was bouncing all over the place, we got to the end and the pilot informed us that it would be even more bumpy as we take off, the engine was giving out a low deep roar then as he started down the runway the pitch got higher and significantly loader as he was picking up speed, we were also bouncing up and down because of all the bumps, rocks and potholes, Then all of a sudden it stops and you realize that you have left the ground. The first image you see is the Alien which is on the side of a big hill, which has the classic oval head with big beady eyes, as you carry on the pilot points out each of the lines as we fly over them but for each one he banks the plane hard to about a 60* angle so that you can see the lines clearly, then he banks hard to the other side so that the people on the other side of the plane get to see them too, now this is great if you have a strong stomach but Ryan had had a fried breakfast so didn't get to see any of the lines as he had his head in the sick bag for most of the flight, lol. The flight was for about 45mins, in which you get to take in virtually all of the Lines, all the most famous ones anyway, there is about 4 / 5 that are further away but with the 45 min flight you still get to see the Alien, Monkey, Spider, Humming bird 1, Humming bird 2, Tree, Hand, Parrot, Dog and the Condor. As well as the Lines there are 100s of perfectly straight Lines that go on for miles and miles, even though we were high up in the plane I could not see the ends of them, there is also the “Runways” which are huge ares that stand out long across the ground and sometimes along the top of the higher ground. One of the theories for these is that they are UFO landing sites, runways to guide them in. The Nazca lines themselves can only be seen from extreme heights, and even from the highest mountain you cannot see them, which gives one of the theories that the Lines are images / gifts for the Gods. The other theory is based on the fact that there is “the Alien Line” on the side of the hill, this gives the thought that they were made by visiting aliens themselves or made as a gift to visiting aliens. We only spent 3 days in Nazca, just enough time to see the Lines as it was really just a detour on the way to Machu Picchu. Which if it wasn't for my aunt I would have never even seen the lines, thanks Charl ☺