Tacna, Peru Travel Blogs

the border is an imaginary line, isn't it?
Feb 8, 2008 (8 photos)

... and then its time to cross the border in to Chile.  The way it works is you hire a car to drive you between Tacna, Peru and Arica, Chile. But I feel like I'm traveling with Cheech and Chong in this low slung vehicle with the stick on the column, ...

A canyon, a condor, a convent
Jan 8, 2006 (4 photos)

... ! Before setting off down into the canyon, we had lunch in Cabanaconde - our first encounter with quinua, a grain ubiquitous in Andean Peru, served in soups, or in this case, as a tasteless, porridgy side dish. Urrgghh, didn´t like it much! We started ...

The last of Peru
Sep 15, 2008 (1 photos)

I only stopped here for about 3 hours. I was planning on taking the train across the boarder to Arica in Chile but when the station finally opened, I had arrived at 7am and the station didn't open until 8.30, to find out the train didn´t even ...

Bus journey hell
Mar 27, 2007

... one of the guys from the coach company who took us over the border, the idea being we would then get on a Coach from Tacna in Peru to Cusco.  Unfortunately the company had not booked the coach for us and we find out when we get there that we will be ...

Peru
Jul 5, 2008 (6 photos)

... . Poliisit voi tehdä mitä vaan, eikä heihin ole luottamista, sama juttu kaikissa etelä-amerikan maissa, mutta Peru on pahimmasta päästä. Yhdessä kontrollissa oli henkilöauto pysäytetty, ja poliisit ja auton matkustajat tappelivat kadulla, verissä päin. Bussi ajoi vain ...

Lake Titicaca.. Isla del Sol and more..
Feb 6, 2007 (10 photos)

... ;  Lots of sheep and little kids passed us out on the way.  We caught a more pleasant boat back to Copacabana and spent one more night there. We watch the rugby in another quirky bar in town.... best we don´t talk about the game. Next stop PERU!

Crossing the Border
Dec 3, 2007

I had to cross the border to Chile because my 3-month tourist visa was up on December 6. I flew from Arequipa to Tacna, and took a taxi to Arica, Chile. I stayed there for a few days, came back and spent a day and night in Tacna and then back to Arequipa. ...

Arequipa to tacna to arica, to San Pedro
Apr 20, 2009

So i left arequipa to go to tacna to then cross to arica...in chile...and to catch a bus to San pedro de atacama at 10....ill get there at 9 am.

Hola Peru
Nov 8, 2007

On arrival at the bus station in the beautiful city of Tacna we were escorted by our driver to a bus company office in a very dodgy looking bus station.  After a bit of confusion us and the Japanese girl were put on the 8.30am bus to Arequipa and only ...

Back in Peru
Nov 24, 2009 (49 photos)

... we were still in the country.   So it took about 4 hours for the Peruvian officials to get everything in order.  Peru's government officials do everything by the book.   Im not complaining, its just that it takes a long long time for them ...

A decision to move on or back?
Feb 28, 2007

... will remain in my memory for ever, almost surreal. I took a collective taxi from Acrica international bus station to Tacna in Peru, quite an achievement seeing that my Spanish is admittedly only marginally better than my Cleon. For just three pounds the ...

Tacna, a town that I like.
Mar 2, 2007

... ahead of Chile I was up early so had a chance to plan my day, not a thing I normally do but it turned out very well. Tacna is not a large town, it sits between two huge sand dunes some few Kms inland from the Pacific and it´s claim to fame was a ...

Waiting at the border
Dec 11, 2007

By the time I arrived at Tacna, it was too late to cross the border so I was left to spend the night there.  The hostal/hotel I originally chose from the quidebook was full so I walked to another.  It was what I would consider a dive but I didn´t ...

Small Town
Aug 5, 2009

... town and a stop over to Cuzco. No hot water in the shower... not funny. Start of a 17 hour bus journey from Tacna - Arequipa - Cuzco. The bus was much better and it was an experience to watch happy gilmore in Spanish very entertaining.  We didn´t ...

Eiffel Fountain!
Jul 13, 2008

We did not originally plan on spending any time in Tacna but when we got here after two overnight buses in a row we decided to check into somewhere for the night.  Also some random American in an internet cafe told us it takes about 4 hours to get ...

Tacna
Sep 10, 2009 (5 photos)

the whole story by the end of september!!

Boulot
Jan 6, 2003 (6 photos)

Me voici dans un nouveau pays. Sur un nouveau continent. Dans une langue que je ne connais pas. Heureusement le language des mains est universel. Here I am, in a new country. In a new continent. In a language I don't know. Fortunately the hand language ...

Copacabana and Isla del Sol
Sep 24, 2006 (3 photos)

... into Bolivia so we actually got some sleep then, got through the border formalities (including the 5 minute walk from Peru emigration to Boliva immigration) all very smoothly and arrived in Copacabana merrily humming away to Barry Manilow. We arrived ...

Yet another border crossing..
Mar 24, 2006

crossing borders...always a treat. And when crossing borders it is always relevent to know what the country you are arriving from produces and what the country you are entering doesn't want to admit into its borders. In this case, crossing into Chile ...

CHAPTER 4: COPIAPO...JUST SAY NO!
Feb 11, 2009

... number 2 - forget that Porsche or Aston Martin you have been hankering for, save money by importing a Chevrolet Matiz from Tacna Peru. Two beers with lunch is in order given the gravity of the situation. Tacna is a pleasant enough town, realising the ...

ONE GRAND MARQUIS TO CHILE PLEASE
Dec 15, 2008 (10 photos)

... a collectivo (group taxi) to take you. It's about an hour long trip. They stopped taking people at 10pm - so we stayed in Tacna for the night. We did have to check out a couple hostels before making our decision as the first one did not seem very safe. We ...

the ´other´ arch
Nov 20, 2009 (6 photos)

I learned early in my SA adventure that STL has a ´sister city´ with an arch in Tacna, Peru.  Early on, I thought I might have time to swing through and take a pic of said arch.  I got what I wished for...the taxi was late leaving Arica so I ...

Friendly Peru (and little yellow bugs!)
Feb 12, 2008

Tacna In a dip between the high sandy hills lies Tacna, dare I say, gateway to Peru?   Relatively small and my first experience of the friendly Peruvian people;  it boasts two rather large statues of Generals and a small rotunda along the ...

Back to Aguas Caliente
Feb 10, 2008 (12 photos)

Around 2:00PM, we started to head back to Aguas Calientes which turned out to be a good choice because it gets cloudy in the afternoon, then it starts to rain. We walked around the city to take some shots and just enjoyed a coffee while waiting for ...

The Gathering of the Four
Jan 19, 2005 (1 photos)

... , forcing us out of our bus where our bags were ceremoniously opened, prodded and closed again. We arrived in Tacna`s modern bus station without farther incident, and were immediately assaulted by taxi drivers offering lifts to Chille, money changers ...

Waiting at the shady Peruvian border town of Tacna
Apr 16, 2009

... ...the pequino train which was no bigger than half a tube carriage and at least 80 years old shunting through Arica and into Tacna passing the beautiful palm-tree studded coast and into the Dessert. As we approached Tacna we passed acres and acres of what ...

Bus Bingo and Border towns
Sep 14, 2005

... the mike! It turned out Elizabeth was headed for Santiago too, so we paired up to find a hotel when we got to Tacna (at the border). Early on Thursday morning we got a collectivo across the border to Arica (in Chile) only to discover there were no ...

So let me introduce to you....
Jan 19, 2005

... ... Ok, ok I`ll get on with it. Firstly there is Walteri, my Finnish friend, who is based in the North of Peru looking into the structure of a social movement working to stop a mining company destroying a certain area of the highlands. He`s fairly ...

Dusty old border town
Jun 4, 2005

work in progress

Tacna Notice
Jan 3, 2008

... could ask to turn it down and in a crowded bus, there are only so many garments that can reasonably be removed. We arrived in Tacna at around 7am, hot and sticky and feeling vaguely ill. With the border to Chile almost in sight, we just needed to work out ...