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it's HOT in CHILE !!
Feb 10, 2008
(25 photos)
"HOT HOT HOT !!! and dry...this place gets 2 mm of rain each year...that's about the smallest distance you can make between 2 fingers... not much rain. I'm g ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
rawhideone
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Océano Pacífico, Te quiero
Jan 31, 2002
(2 photos)
"We promised ourselves that this would be our last early morning bus ride. We woke up when the sky was still dark at 5am. Found a taxi to the Central Bus Terminal of La Paz and wait ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
panf007
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Edge of the Altiplano
Mar 28, 2006
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"We take a flight up to Arica with LAN Chile, on the way briefly stopping at Iquique to pick up and drop off passengers. The plane flies along an arid coastline of interminable brow ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
rachel_john
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Oh I do like to be beside the seaside...
Aug 7, 2005
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"After a fairly uneventful overnight bus ride to Arica, we wandered to a very friendly hostel and went to sleep!!!!! Exciting eh? But when we got up it was great, lovely & warm and ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
dawn_smedley
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Class 3: Take 3
Jul 7, 2005
"Dear Class 3 Thank you for sending us these questions. We are sorry to have taken so long to reply but we haven't had access to the internet for some time. We had hoped to reply fr ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
patagonia2peru
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Desert Sky, Dreamed I Saw A Desert Sky....
Apr 9, 2005
(3 photos)
" Saturday April 9th Have to get up at a horrible 5.30am (why did I choose an early flight???) to catch the airport bus, which took over an hour last time, to catch my 8am flight. B ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
shaunduvall
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On the Road Again
Nov 24, 2004
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"We made it! Our rather tight schedule - planned to allow us to get our van out of Peru without incurring the wrath of the merciless Customs Authorities - was successfully implement ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
thymeoff
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Bus life Part 2
Jan 4, 2007
"Another 10 hours on a bus from Puno to the border town of Tacna the gateway to Chile from Peru. Found a collective taxi to drive us the 20 km to immigrations at the border and ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
coopertrooper
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Getting out of Chile.
Jul 23, 2008
(8 photos)
"So 26 hours turned into 29 hours but it wasnt as bad as it couldve been. The seats were really comfy and they played movies to distract us until midnight. We got on the bus at 11am ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
tomsontravels
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Chile!!
Oct 1, 2007
"Crossing the border, what an exciting day. Kind of... Woke up nice and late, out of the hotel room by 10am plenty of time left in the day to make it across the border and into my n ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
conor_m
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Crazy Hostel
Nov 7, 2007
(6 photos)
"On arrival we booked our ´bus´ to Arequipa in Peru for the next day and got a taxi to our hostel. We were greeted by a friendly german girl who promptly handed us a free ice ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
sarahandaimee
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Sampling the Chilean medical services.
Oct 4, 2006
"Not quite as entertaining as previous border crossings but at least this time we entered a country in style, courtesy of a clapped out Cadilliac! The plan was to spend one night in ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
emma_steve80
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Arica, National Park Lauca and Sarah´s birthday
Apr 5, 2008
(11 photos)
"After the soul destroying trek we both felt completely drained, and so I persuaded Dan that we should head as far north as possible in search for a warm climate and some serious re ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
sarahdan
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A climb up a cliff and FINALLY a beach!
Dec 3, 2007
(15 photos)
"I was sooo happy to be in Arica, because it is a coastal town. I actually teared up a little bit when I saw the ocean. I arrived around 8pm on Monday, after a full day of travel an ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
dissipatedfog
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Arica
Apr 9, 2006
(2 photos)
"From Santiago, it took us only 27 hours to reach our next destination: Arica. Luckily, the bus was great and it went by pretty fast, again, we took bus-tur. Arica is all the way in ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
danaandtom
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Eureka!!
Feb 19, 2007
(10 photos)
"Been holed up in a backpackers run by an Australian for the last few days.. and boy does he know how to serve a good breakfast. Having become accustomed to the standard medialuna´( ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
sarahcolvin
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Beach side resort.... thanks LAN
Nov 14, 2005
(4 photos)
"An unplanned stop. Our plane looked and sounded like it was having problems on the first two legs of the flight. Those were the legs that actually had people on them. We spent time ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
katenjosh
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getting to Chile
Oct 26, 2007
(2 photos)
"hola!!!! i guess i didn´t write enough about Cusco... i think it was my favourite stop on this trip, the city is a not vey big but it´s very co ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
tobi
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La Serena and Arica, Chile
Apr 2, 2007
"Wednesday 21st March Docked by 8am at Coquimbo, a mainly industrial port, but allowing us to access a local town called La Serena, so we took the coach in. It is a lovely place - b ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
lizianjosh
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Most Northern City in Chile
Jan 29, 2008
(20 photos)
"Not much going on here, but it is the site of an impressive win by Chile in the War of the Pacific (1880) when they took this steep nearby hill from Peru.....and by winning the war ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
stevelegassick
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Its chilly in Chile
Nov 9, 2007
"From Arequipa we went to Tacna (night bus, 6hrs), whish is a border town to cross into Chile. In Chile, the first town we came to was Arica, we got a taxi across the border from Ta ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
orlao0
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Surf´s Up
Jun 28, 2007
(30 photos)
"Arica, Chile - June 28th - June 30th, 2007 Day 44 Arrived in Arica at 7am just as the sun was rising. Upon speaking with local tourist info guy I found out that today happene ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
henrikstrodl
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Arica - Beach Life...
Aug 26, 2005
(3 photos)
"Chile!!! Nach 9 Stunden Busfahrt durch eine der uberwaeltigesten Wuestenlandschaften, die wir jeh gesehen haben, sind wir in Arica angekommen. Arica sollte eigentlich der Ort sein, ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
elgianne
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It Does Exist & Back in Time
Apr 4, 2008
(50 photos)
"March 27th - 29th Thursday we got up at 4:30 am, in order to make the Vistadome train departure to Machu Pichu at 6:05. Luckily, we managed to get reserved seats the a ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
spocream
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day 25 - october 19th
Oct 19, 2007
(2 photos)
"in arica we rang the hostel we had chosen in the lonely planet book. they had beds and we told htem we were going to get a taxi, she said it should only be about 5 minutes. we got ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
kirstyirsty
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Finally a beach!
Mar 19, 2006
(4 photos)
"After leaving the cold and altitude i arrived in northern Chile, Arica...great place and on the coast.....I really needed a few days on the beach to top up my tan....and have a few ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
hotteawhereever
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Arica
Oct 17, 2007
"Later ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
dam
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Lauca National Park
Oct 11, 2005
(6 photos)
"I flew up the coast of Chile admiring the entire Andean range and then transitioning into the desolate sandy coastal range ending in Arica, Chile surrouded by a Historical battle s ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
therasp
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To Arica and Beyond
Mar 10, 2007
"Made it accross the border and parked it up in this small border fishing town for a few days. ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
kianj
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Another day, another country
Dec 12, 2007
"Crossed the border in a shared taxi without any problems. The taxi dropped me at the bus station in Arica and I considered staying a night but decided to go on to Iquique ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
beyondwpg
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should have missed it, but it was fun
Aug 15, 2006
(1 photo)
"well, the tittle pretty much sums it up. not a whole lot to see and do there. did meet some cool people at the hostel, which i did enjoy, and a rock show that night after a fantats ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
paislyqueen
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Day 49 - Arequipa, Peru to Arica, Chile
Nov 13, 2007
(5 photos)
"Left Arequipa at 6:30am to miss the morning rush. Our desert highway offered us great long views. The road was fairly straight forward, but for our entertainment value, ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
guruzers
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the beach was fun until the fly bit my bum
Apr 15, 2007
"we are in arica for the day, chile's most northern city, so that early tomorrow morning we can cross the peruvian border. i am not entirely sure how this is done - so far my source ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
kdeklee
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Alcoholidays
Apr 25, 2006
"Everyone I had met that had been to Arica had only been there for 1/2 a day and declared it a ´Shit-hole'...and so as the bus approached the city I stared out of the window looking ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
massivebigtoe
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"Lets just keep on going"
Jul 15, 2006
"Ali: We arrived in Tacna early the next morning and prepared for our next border crossing. As soon as we got to the bus station we were whisked off into a rusty old 1970´s cadillac ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
harrisbrown
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Arica and Lauca National Park
Aug 18, 2007
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"We had a mega journey from Santiago to Arica, consisting of a bus, a flight and another two buses. The change in landscape in Northern Chile is quite amazing - a seemingly sud ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
tsargood
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End of the Desert
Jan 11, 2007
(2 photos)
"Finally got through the desert and are now in Arica Chili. The last northern town in Chile before the Peru border. (But we will be heading East on Sunday and cross into ..."
A travel blog entry from ARICA by
1life
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Earthquake in Arica
Nov 14, 2007
"So here we were stopping off after our nightbus from Bolivia and we had a few hours to kill before our next bus on to La Serena (in Chile) and we were having a hotdog when Luce not ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
alexandlucy
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Arica & Lauca National Park
Nov 22, 2007
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"Hey, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Not much going on for Thanksgiving here in Arica, just a regular Thursday. I don't think there are even any other Americans in my host ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
alexp02
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arica, welcome chile
Jan 6, 2007
"hola alors j ai passe hier la frontiere peruvienne... comme toute les passages de frontieres en amerique du sud, c etait la galere... vraiment a la longue ca me fatigue ces bus, fr ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
bafreux
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Arica, the Brighton of Chile
Feb 21, 2007
"Now this one was a surprise to me, I only wanted to get out of Bolivia and I´ve landed in the pseudo Brighton of Chile. This town is indeed different, IT NEVER RAINS HERE.&nbs ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
womblepeter
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Chile!
Nov 6, 2006
(4 photos)
"One of my favourite bits of traveling (not!) - crossing borders although every crossing on this trip so far has been a doddle. From Tacna in Peru a taxi takes you (and as many othe ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
charaluta
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Leaving Peru and crusin' thru Chile
Feb 1, 2005
(3 photos)
"So last Wednesday night we hopped the bus to Tacna, Peru, on the border with Chile...we were told we would arrive at 4 AM but could stay on the bus until the border opened at 6 AM. ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
tawildman
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Camping at the airport
Dec 17, 2005
(2 photos)
"Left Peru and crossed border to Chile, which is where I took the photo of that lovely car. Down in Arica Rachel and Brendan arranged for us to camp at the airport at - I don´t thin ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
shaggers
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Travelmania
Dec 18, 2006
"We arrived in Ariquipe at 6.30am glad to have survived the horrors of the previous nights journey. Had a break for around and hour and a half before getting our next bus to Tacna o ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
steveod
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Arica
Dec 27, 2006
(6 photos)
"Arica, located at the northern tip of Chile is well known for its beach resorts. That said, we were really contented with just chilling around the town as we were really ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
kianlun_irene
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Weird border crossing into Peru
Apr 10, 2008
"When you think of border crossings in South America....this is what you get. After the severly long overnight bus journey from San Pedro de Atacame to the Peruvian border ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
raycoleman
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Arica - paragliding, bursdag og magesjau!
Jan 25, 2007
(21 photos)
"Goddam I feel good! Je, da ble vi endelig tatt igjen av de lumske bakteriene som vi vet har forfulgt oss siden vi satte fóttene pá ny jord/sand.... Mats er per dags dato blitt hard ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
teamlama
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Day at the cop shop
Aug 8, 2006
(1 photo)
"The onyl reason Arica even rates an entry is because of the con job we were subjected to here. After spending all day on the bus we arrived to Chile that evening and straight away ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
aoifeandtadgh
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The coast and sea lions
Sep 27, 2005
(2 photos)
"Chile is so different to the rest of Latin America. They have paved streets all over the place. The houses are properly built and painted all sorts of colours. Walking around the s ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
simona
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Arica
Apr 2, 2008
(1 photo)
"Border crossing into Chile went fairly smoothly as our trans-national cab driver led us through. Same "What the hell is Singapore???" questions though. Sigh. ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
feliciawong
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Beach in the Desert
Apr 2, 2005
(1 photo)
"First stop in Chile was a bit unintentional really. I originally planned to go straight down the coast once I had crossed the border to get to Iquique. I wanted to get straight the ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
thewer
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Arica
Jan 16, 2008
(12 photos)
"Getting to Arica ment the easiest boarder crossing I have ever witnessed! It was completly organised, get off the bus at Peru Imigration, get your bag scanned and passport checked, ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
stubo
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Crossing the Chilean Border
Apr 11, 2005
"Well I got up this morning at around 4am so I could get a taxi out of Arequipa and to the Bus Station. Am off to Chile today! I decided to go budget on the ticket to Tacna and go l ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
hamishmccormick
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Longest bus ride yet
May 4, 2007
"Yesterday after Chelsea rounded the corner and disappeared to her bus for Lima, I wiped the tears out of my eyes and headed across the street to where the international bus t ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
chuckonearth
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Tacna, Peru and Arica, Chile
Mar 21, 2006
(10 photos)
"I never expected this region (southern Peru) to have so much ´nothing´ on the journey. A lot of it reminded me of Australia and its vast expanses of not a lot between places of int ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
gazzgazz2005
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Last stop in Chile
Sep 7, 2006
"After over a week of various tours around San Pedro and a venture into Bolivia, I was feeling a little ´toured out´, so I headed to Arica´ right in the far north of Chile for some ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
vikki_terry
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Chile Region 1
Apr 9, 2008
"I arrived in Arica yesterday, so happy to be back at sea level, it was kind of hard to be so high up, the ir is thinner, i didn{t think it would affect me so much. We took it easy ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
luciecox
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Arica - es geht wieder "heimwärts"
Oct 14, 2007
(4 photos)
"Es gibt eigentlich nicht viel zu erzählen: von der Atacamawüste gings schnurstracks wieder nach Norden. Eine Stunde Busfahrt von San Pedro de Atacama bis Calama, dort knapp eine St ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
shurni
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Arica-The past two weeks!
Mar 18, 2006
(20 photos)
"SOOOOOOOOOOOOO......school starts monday. :( My adventures in northern Chile and Bolivia are coming to an end, as Eleni and i take a bus in 2 hours back to Santiago. Oh yes, a 20 h ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
erinatwell
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Arica
Jun 2, 2005
(2 photos)
"So, there was some "civil unrest" in Bolivia. Currently the British Foreign Office is recommending only essential travel, La Paz is totally blockaded and they're running out of foo ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
hdh
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A long awaited return to the beach !
Sep 25, 2005
(3 photos)
"We had an lovely bus journey into Chile from Le Paz and not just because of the extremely comfy seats and plane style chicken pasta lunch! Basicially we drove through another stunn ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
minijumboontour
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Arica
Jul 21, 2006
(10 photos)
"After an amazing 4 days we headed further North once again, but this time to Arica - finally we can confirm we have hit a hot part of Chile!!!!! and are finding it hard to imagine ..."
A travel blog entry from Arica by
hub_isa
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