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Nazca and Paracas 2022 - Peru

seeing the lines

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overview / intro

For the final trip in Peru, we headed a bit south of Lima and Ica. We saw the Paracas National Park and shoreline. We quickly saw some of it the first weekend we were in Peru, so it was a fitting end trip too.

This time however we took a boat ride to see the shoreline, some shipwrecks, and rock formations. There are some islands that are like mini versions of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador. After the boat ride was a dune buggy adventure to see more of the park from the interior and Instagram worthy beaches and shorelines.

The next day we went to Nazca. There are some of the historic Nazca lines near a highway, so you can climb a watchtower and see them. The rest are quite a bit away from anything, so you need to have a helicopter ride. We opted out of that option this time.

Recommend:

  • Paracas National Park
  • the dune buggy experience
  • a quick stop for the lines

Trip Map

Pictures

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Welcome to Paracas, viewing a archeological site:
2022-09-12_01-Par-sign.jpg 2022-09-12_02-Naz-tomb.jpg

Paracas National Park from the water:
2022-09-12_03-Par-dune.jpg 2022-09-12_04-Par-arch.jpg

sea lions on rocks and ships:
2022-09-12_05-Par-rocks-2.jpg 2022-09-12_06-Par-sea-lions.jpg

shoreline and beach
2022-09-12_07-Par-shore.jpg 2022-09-12_08-Par-beach.jpg

Nazca lines, a tree (upside down) and a man
2022-09-12_09-Nazca-line-tree.jpg 2022-09-12_10-Nazca-line-man.jpg

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Posted by MurkTravels 18:45 Archived in Peru Tagged landscapes boats parks beach peru lima sand boating travels south_america inca ecuador 2022 Comments (1)

2021

time to move

sunny 85 °F
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Looking Back

2021:
Well, the pandemic continued. And I got cabin fever just sitting around in the US, so found ways to travel as usual.
The big news was that I left the boring bank job and moved to Peru to live for a while.

Well, here's the quick review:

Activities

Things that happened in 2021:

Big Travels

Challenges
Didn't get to do any 14er hikes, or trail runs, or any new crazy challenges this year. But I got to enjoy snorkeling in the Indian Ocean in the Maldives, hiking around Machu Picchu in Peru, and visiting more US National Parks. I count that as a win.

Events & other activities

  • bought an investment house in Des Moines - May
  • races: none
  • continued with volleyball, biking, running, walking, hiking, SUP
  • Prudence turned 4 - August
  • move to Lima, Peru - September
  • concerts: local Peru rock band in Lima - October

previous year reviews:

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MurkTravels Facebook page - pictures, posts, and regular updates
MurkTravels Facebook photo albums
MurkTravels Instagram - my attempt at artistic travel images
MurkTravels Travel Map - all the places that I've been and the things that I've seen

Posted by MurkTravels 17:51 Archived in Peru Tagged museums food parks beach peru california mexico colorado oregon lima valley music camp machupicchu national usa road sacred trip travels 2021 murk Comments (0)

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