Memory of the Day (25th April 2010)

Nazca, Peru.

I travelled there shortly after the devastating earthquake which shook the region in August 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Peru_earthquake), and although Nazca was relatively unscathed the infrastructure from the north was heavily disrupted.

As a result, the tourist industry in the area had almost ceased to exist and the touters and tour guides were beside themselves when a handful of tourists arrived.

Also took a flight over the Nazca lines (and paid a good amount more for it than I normally would have, but didn't mind) and visited some cool museums with lovely pieces of pottery and some scary looking mummified heads with their mouths sewn shut.