El Morro de Arica

Most of the time as a hotel trainee in food & beverage, did some sighseeing, nice places to have some drinks, like barrabas pub, which i remember a lot …

The next morning I got up and checked out, storing my bags for an hour
while I had lunch and scoped out how this whole collectivo border
crossing thing worked. Back at the bus station I found out it was
cheaper to take a small bus to cross the border rather than a collectivo
so I chose the cheaper option.

I then …

Y de pronto una bandera chilena....y un nudo en la garganta.
Increíblemente no tenía conciencia de mi super chilenidad hasta que salí de mi país y cualquier aparición de mi bandera o cualquier sonido o voz con un "weón" de por medio me paralizaba, llenaba mis ojos de lágrimas y cual enamorada me retorcía las tripas!! y de tripas...el corazón.< …

... and had a look at the little Iglesia San Marcos church that was designed by Mr Eiffel - of the tower fame. We also climbed up El Morro de Arica (a big hill with Jesus on top) and watched at noon as the sun burnt away the clouds and smog and we could look ...

... Mackenna.  The park had some lovely palm trees and a nice water fountain.  Continuing on I went up the hill to El Morro de Arica.  This hill provided great views of the surrounding areas.  Up on the hill there is also a big statue of ...

... place with its two main claims to fame being a beach resort and a major battle site during the war of the Pacific. The El Morro De Arica is the headland that dominates the city while 2kms away are the cities beaches. We set off on a walk along the ...

... squeezed juice at a street stall we began to walk uphill towards a large rocky hill/cliff overlooking the whole city. It is known as El Morro, and it had a Chilean flag flying atop of it and a banner saying "Feliz Año 2010!" There was a path leading ...

... breakfast, scrambled eggs on toast, which is pretty rare in hostels, we headed off to a museum set on top of a huge rock, El Morro de Arica. We made our way up, stopping at some great viewpoints and arrived at the museum. This point on top of the rock ...

... ).  It was good to see that Pinochet had forgiven the Peruvians even if the Peruvians had not forgiven Pinochet.  El Morro de Arica is a bit of a tourist trap and I saw a bus that might have fans of South Park looking elsewhere ...

... , asi que estabamos reventados. Estuvimos vistando el centro, entre las cosas interesantes estan la catedral y la aduana que son obra de Eiffel, el Morro de Arica (que es una especie de peñon justo a un lado de la ciudad y donde se llevo a cabo una ...