Country Info
- Lima
- Capital
- Nuevo Sol (PEN)
- Currency
- 27,483,864
- Population
- PE
- Country Code
Tacna Slideshow
Tacna
Travel Blogs from Tacna, Peru
How quick can you get in and out of here?
I arrived on the Cruz del Sur bus after watching Just Go With It and Unknown and playing a riveting game of bingo on the bus when all I really wanted to do was sleeeeeep. Upon arrival I called the hostel I was staying at. It was about 10:30pm at night. ...
4 nights on a bus and a few thousand km later.....
... We set off on an overnight bus from Mancora - Lima where we arrived around midday and booked a bus for that evening down to Tacna on the Peru/Chile border. What was planned to be a relaxing few hours in Lima stretching our legs turned into a bit of ...
Lucky timing for Tacna Dance Carnival
We took Turbus from Iqueque to Arica, then a collectivo through to Tacna. We always used Turbus in Chile as we mostly had good service from them. As we were returning it was a simple process. The Chileno collectivo driver took us straight to El Merson ...
Construction: Day 2.5
With the exception of the meal we had at lunch, today was almost exactly like yesterday. We've had a couple of stomach related illnesses, but overall everyone seems to be doing okay. The men finished their trench and started with concrete. The work ...
A Long Lesson in Patience
... bit loopy. Our 9AM flight included a short stop in Cuzco, but we only got to see it from the plane. By the time we made it to Tacna around noon, we were ready to get to the church in Ciudad Nueva (CN), settle in and take a nap. We settled, we ate, ...
Day 9: Back to Work
It was a rough day for us. With the strike over, we went back to work presenting our puppet and mime skits. Over half of us were sick or were getting sick, so we really had to depend on the Lord to get us through each skit. Mark kept telling us to take ...
Day 13: Cleaning Up, Packing Up and Saying Goodbye
... and Fridays. The good-byes started here as several of the women who came to help make our lunch were not traveling back to the Tacna Central church with us. Most of us started packing up the night before, but a few of us still had to finish, so we ...
Across the Border and into Peru
... leave Chile, then entrance security for Peru, but no extra fees this time. Finally it was back into the taxi and onto Tacna, where we were left at the bus station. Tacna is not somewhere I felt particularly comfortable, and it was our first look at ...
Boca Del Rio
... Since we decided to go to Peru earlier than planned, we wanted to find a beach to spend some time at. When we arrived in Tacna, Peru we went to the tourist information center in the bus terminal. The people were very helpful. We were told that yes, there ...