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Peru 2003: By bus from Quito, Ecuador to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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February 11 - Nazca, Peru. Sue about to get take off for a 35 minute ride over the Nazca Lines. Pilots first noticed the Nazca Lines in the 1920s. In the late 1940s a German woman, Maria Reiche made short visits to the lines from her home in Lima. But as time went by, and she became more and more dedicated to solving the enigma, she moved closer to the lines -- shifting from a Nazca hotel to a ranch that was within walking distance of the lines. After a decade on the ranch, she decided to live on-site, eventually dedicating her remaining 50 years to studying the patterns and working toward a solution.

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