Hostal Sunny Days Arica

It was only a four hour bus ride from Arequipa to Tacna (Peruvian border town). From there we hired a taxi to drive us to Arica, Chile. Apparently, this is the easiest and safest way to cross the border. And it turned out to be. Our driver did all the work for us at customs and made for an easy border crossing. For some reason, Chile is two hours ahead of Peru, despite the fact that we had gone 200 miles west from the start of the day. So we got to Arica at 8pm Chile time. We were all very hu...

Ola din Arica! Am ajuns aici azi dimineata, la ora 5.30, desi pe bilet scria ca sosim la 7.30. Mda, asta e. Am asteptat in autogara sa se faca lumina, apoi am plecat in cautarea hostelului. Dupa ceva cautari, ne-a ajutat un taximetrist care nu a vrut sa ne ia niciun ban, ca era prea aproape. Da, un taximetrist!! Se pare ca pe aici aceasta specie difera radical fata de cea a noastra. La noi ti-ar fi luat si camasa de pe tine, mai ales ca eram straini. Hostelul este super. Este al unui cumplu d...

After a quick pit stop in Arequipa, I hopped on a bus and crossed the border into Chile.

Arica is a īcoastalī town but itīs not exactly what you might call picturesque. Frankly, itīs more of a desert than anything else.

I stayed in a lovely hostel run by a Kiwi guy but by the nd of the day I was rapidly coming to the conclusion that it was time to strap on the nitro baby and get down to Santiago. 30 hours on a bus. Great.

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14.11.2008 Um 7.30 Uhr nehmen wir den Bus nach Tacna. Wir kommen unterwegs in eine Kontrolle und werden nach Fruechten und Gemuese durchsucht. Diese duerfen naemlich nicht mit nach Tacna oder Chile genommen werden, da verhindert werden soll, dass Keime und Ungeziefer sich ausbreiten. Gegen 13 Uhr kommen wir in Tacna und schon gegen 13.30 Uhr sitzen wir mit noch zwei anderen Fahrgaesten in einem Taxi, um die chilenische Grenze zu passieren. Alles laeuft reibungslos und gegen 15 Uhr peruanische...

another 4.5 bus riding, reached Arica in the afternoon. been to the museum in Azapa Valley for the Chinchorro mummies and have managed to see some geoglifos sites. decided to go flat for the next day and get ready for another bus journey onto Peru. Adios Chile!

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 rest. With this in mind we took a flight to Arica (via Santiago) and in 2 days we had left behind the temperamental weather of Patagonia and were sat on a sunny beach 20 km from the Peruvian border. After 2 months of constant travelling we were in desperate need for some chill out time, and the beach resort of Arica i...

Day 49 (July 27th): Arica, Chile We settled into our hostel, "Sunny Days", a veritable home away from home. It was run by a friendly laid back kiwi Ross, and his Chilean "kiwi" wife Beatriz. The hostel was full of kiwis, so Fraser could quite happily reminisce with them about NZ and the possibility of winning this year's world cup (that's rugby for non-commonwealth citizens). We had a celebration lunch at a posh seaside restaurant as Fraser found out that morning he had passed both of his CIM...

The most amazing 8 hours anyone could spend in a bus... from the high altitude of LaPaz through the Andes stopping at the Bolivian/Chilean border high in the mountains. It would have to be the most beautiful border crossing in the world! Snow capped mountains with the bluest lake and sitting right beside it was the usual dumpy passport control office.. unbelievable. Dozens of huge trucks all parked at the side of the road cooling their engines and brakes after the huge climb through the mount...

Ein bisschen Urlaub muss sein! Endlich am Strand angekommen lege ich jetzt erstmal zwei Tage die Fuesse hoch und lass mir die Sonne auf den Bauch scheinen waehrend der ganze Baeh-Sand aus meinen Klamotten rausgewaschen wird. Ich habe eine nette Suedafrikanerin kennengelernt mit der ich wahrscheinlich uebermorgen ueber die Grenze fahre. Dieser Reisebericht wird kurz: was wir im Wesentlichen machen ist am Strand liegen und gammeln! Und Australier beim Surfen beobachten! :-)