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Tacna Slideshow
Tacna
Travel Blogs from Tacna, Peru
A day in the air
... to be upright and amongst friends from cascoland (who i worked with in Durban). We're all in apartments in central Tacna (south Peru). Straight out to to a criolla music festival to meet the Peruvian theatre group we'll be working with, and ...
ESCAPE FROM THE BOG OF ETERNAL STENCH
... and my thoughts on the place are, vist Lima, Cuzco and the sacred valley avoid Puno and try and pass through Tacna on the same day. The people in Peru are really nice and try to be helpful, but just abit thick. The sort of people you would let walk your ...
Just Another Day in the Office
... shower this evening. Dave C. is using his artistic abilities and is painting a mural in one of the classrooms at Local Central (in Tacna proper). Apparently, they also want a mural at CN, but the guys are sleeping in one of the rooms where the mural will ...
What a Ride!
... , at no time had I been able to determine that it was possible to get buses to anywhere in Peru without going to Tacna first. So I trundled over to the so-called Terminal Internacional where Peruvian collectivo drivers swarm outside (you ...
The Beginning of the End
... good. Our message, which is very Bible/God/Jesus based is usually well received in schools because of the strong Catholic influence in Peru. With the kids, we're really just planting seeds. We invite the kids to come to OANSA (AWANA) at the church and ...
Finishing Construction
The final day of construction was Wednesday as Mark wanted to take the team to Arica, Chile (about 45 minutes south of Tacna) for a day. Only one group finished their house, but the second house is nearly complete. The hope is that our church ...
The Beginning: Days 1-3
... Hardly anyone slept, and the few hours in the airport between flights was not very accomodating for sleep. When they arrived in Tacna, they had their first building/construction projects waiting for them, and it wasn't until the afternoon after lunch at a ...
Crossed the boarder from Chile to Peru
... ) accross the boarder. customs was a breeze but the traffic was crazy. it took about 2 hours to travel about 1km. we are now in tacna, peru waiting to head to the airport to fly to lima to hook up with our friend-tour guide miguel and stay at his family ...
Day 8: Work Projects and an Afternoon Presentation
... the nationals and our 13 guys, the van filled quickly. The guys headed up to NJ and the girls stayed at the church in Tacna Central and cleaned. The strike had dwindled down in the afternoon, so we walked 5 minutes from the church to a plaza and gave ...
Days 4 and 5: Churches & Food, Then Back to Work
... night he spoke at Culto.com, the youth group. On Sunday he spoke at all three of the churches we work with in Tacna: Tacna Central, New Jerusalem and Ciudad Nueva. At least the guys can't claim the sermon was getting old... they didn't understand most of ...
From Service to Service to Soccer
... and leave by 9:30AM. The extra sleep was certainly appreciated after dancing into the midnight hour at the wedding. Pastor Tito came to Tacna for the wedding and will be with us for a week before returning to Chile to be with his family. He preached ...
A Day of Rest
... shop for souvenirs to take home to their loved ones and supporters. After shopping, we were treated to a couple hours at one of Tacna's spas. It is a really nice place, however we don't think it accomodated the size of our group very well. There was an ...
Stranded in scruffy border towns!
... the street hoping the place would open and as time passed we were getting more and more stressed about staying another night in Tacna. We saw a family moving out of the apartment above and asked them if the laundrette would open and they answered with a ...
feliz navidad
... blistering heat in close proximity with locals swathed in layers and layers of woollen jumpers and blankets. A heady mix. As Tacna is a tax-free shopping zone there was more than the usual amount of goods to be stowed in the bus ... excessive ...
Finally get to Tacna - Thank you Peru immigration
... So two Chilean immigration stamps later we get back to the Peruvian consulat in Arica. 4 hours later we are back to the border with a copy of the Peru visa rules for Mr Bernado and this time are allowd into Peru. Get to Tacna to catch a bus on to ...
Tacna
... been. The ride was easy as, for once, we actually had a tailwind (yay!) and no 1000m climbs to do. We arrived in Tacna in very good time and first impressions are favourable. Tacna seems a vibrant town with palm tree lined roads and fountains. ...
Strike in the desert...
This has been, by far, the longest day of my 116 hour bus journey! Following a short, what was to be 45 minute bus ride turned into a 3 day strike by Chilean border guards. As we waited, taxis bailed, buses turned around, and we headed across on foot. ...
Stopover in Tacna
Okay so we are now in Tacna back in Peru after crossing the Chilean border this morning. After adjusting our watches to Chilean daylight savings time a day ago. We crossed the border this morning and were thrilled to learn that we had now gained two ...
Fe, WHAAA!!!
... nbsp;and Becky, myself, 2 Spaniards and a Chilean woman all crossed the border without any problems. We arrived in Tacna, the Peruvian border town and were immediately accosted by numerous taxi drivers, ticket salesmen, alpaca hat saleswomen and people ...
Day 11: Sunday Services and El Pollon
... our team before the congregation and gave us an opportunity to speak about what we had experienced during our time working in Tacna. The mimes presented three different skits for the congregation. We lunched at El Pollon one last time with all of our ...
Plane to Lima
I made it to my flight on time, actually more than on time. I forgot that there was a two hour time difference when I got over to Peru, plus the border crossing opened at 8 and not the 9:00 my book had said. So lots of worrying for nothing. I tried not to ...
Mid-Week Workings
Today's entry will cover 2 days, both Wednesday and Thursday, due to the fact that our work days have been pretty repetitive and because we have been so busy that I haven't had a chance to update in a while. So... on to Wednesday! The project at NJ ...
back in chile...why, you ask...let me tell you!
... , sore, and very very tired!! but, instead of finding a hostel to sleep away the bitchiness, we decided to continue on our way to tacna, peru, where we would then catch a bus to arequipa and then onto cuzco!! once again, how dumb we were to think it would ...
Tacna Peru
Vores natbus endte i Arica taet paa graensen mellem Chile og Peru. Lige saa snart den aabnede tog vi en taxi over til Tacna, graensebyen i Peru. Claire den franske pige er taget med os til Peru, da hun rigtig gerne vil se landet, men ikke har nogle at ...
Smelly Town
... to my good friend Washington and with a few dollars I bribed the senior a to let me stay the few hours before morning. Tacna had a nasty smell. The following morning I was first in the bus station to book a ticket the hell out of there! I booked to ...
Day 7: Housebound
Unfortunately, the strike escalated. We didn't get up early enough to beat the road blocks and protestors, so we spent the entire day at ...
