[DATW TEAM] New expedition journals (and Happy 2004, from Peru!)

Dear friends of Drive Around the World,

Our expedition has currently reached Nazca, Peru, home of the mysterious
Nazca Lines, and -- after several days of driving south on the coastal
Panamerican Highway -- we plan to turn inland and head into the Andes
tomorrow. A big destination will be Cusco, which is an ancient Incan
capital, and a staging area for exploring the city of Machu Picchu.
Reports on this experience to come soon.

For now, however, please enjoy the latest DATW journals -- including a
dispatch about today's adventure of flying over the Nazca lines!

Here they are:

"Flying over the mysterious desert-lines of Nazca"
http://www.bootsnall.org/datw/archives/000349.shtml
Neil Dana reports from the seat of a Cessna airplane as he flies over the
haunting Nazca Lines in the deserts of Peru, filming the DATW Land Rovers
from the sky!

"In Peru: The middle of nowhere?"
http://www.bootsnall.org/datw/archives/000348.shtml
In places, the sprawling desert of the Peruvian coast feels like the
middle of nowhere, but -- as Justin Mounts observes -- it certainly isn't
"nowhere" for the people that live there!

"An on-the-road New Year's; back to Peru for Nancy"
http://www.bootsnall.org/datw/archives/000347.shtml
Nancy Olson trekked into Peru in 1999. How will her perceptions change as
she returns to the country nearly five years later?

"Explosions and melancholy on New Year's Eve"
http://www.bootsnall.org/datw/archives/000346.shtml
As celebratory effigies go up in flames all over Guayaquil, Ecuador, Todd
Borgie reflects on the end of 2003.

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http://news.drivearoundtheworld.com

Until the next update, cheers from Peru!

Rolf Potts