Thursday, October 01, 2009

Ms. Fitz's Monkey of the Week: Nazca Monkey

 The Nazca Lines are nifty geoglyphs (geo = rock, glyph = shape/carving) in my "before I die" travel destination of Peru. High on a desert plateau, hundred of these shapes--including spiders, birds and simple lines--were carved by the Nazca people over 1,000 years ago. They can be seen from space! 

The geoglyph combines two of my favourite things: archaelogy and monkeys. There are more around the world, though none quite as cool. Go ahead, offer him a giant banana. 

1 comment:

Alex P said...

Take a barf bag.

The little cessnas you go up in to see them are soooooo topsy turny even the strongest of stomachs really.. aren't.