Residencial Tres Soles Arica

... ceviche for breakfast. The second market was an indoor market where Evan had a jugo "vitamina" which is a drink consisting of a ton of fruits, beet, and an egg! The third was an open air extremely long "stuff" market. Things ranged from deodorant and other toiletry items to trinkets and toys. Anything you could need, you could probably find it there. Our last market of the day was a night open air fruits and veggies market which we ...

... Got to see 18th September celebrations here too, which was quite cool as they have a military base here so all the soliders formed a huge parade through the streets. It was very cute to see all the little kids dressed as gauchos too!<br><br>Even though there's not much to the town, I really enjoyed my time here and it was the perfect place to relax (and perfect my surf technique?). Very relaxed feel to the place and plenty of beaches to rest those weary Inca Trail legs!<br>

... s the first big event that we have missed since being away and it does make you go bronach, thinking about everyone and being so very far away.<br><br>We decided that we were well ready to move on and had picked a route that we would take through Chile, off to Iquique for us. We had nothing organized so we gathered our stuff up and checked out of the hostel and went straight to the bus station, and got the first possible bus to Iquique.<br><br><br>

... went to a chicken rotisserie place again because they´re just so darn good and cheap. There are lots on Maipú but there not quite as cheap as in Perú. Nothing is. I can´t believe I paid $8 for a t shirt tpday when I never paid for than $3 for one in Perú. But I had too. It says "Chile, lo más lejos que puedes ir"- the farthest you can go! <br><br>I had to buy a new cell phone because ...

... so quickly in my life! <br><br>So the last day in Chile. Went to sort my photo´s out from the Atacama but my damn USB stick has been corrupted, thank god I uploaded the previous ones to flickr but I´m not sure I´ll be able to get the ones on the stick back. Sent it home and maybe I can retrieve them there. Hmph. <br><br>Chile has been awesome, the sight of the Andes is what I came for and I´ve lived my dreams there. But what else? Steak, wine, graffiti ...

... exceptionally good in Arica, as the bread in every meal we had in that city was always fresh to the point that it was usually still warm from the baker's oven. At the greasy-spoon joint I just described, I had a delectable hamburger con queso while Taylor tried "Churrasco"- thinly shaved beef that is either served over rice with a fried egg on top, or as a "Chilean Cheesesteak" as he enjoyed it. <br><br>We woke up to a wonderful breakfast of fresh fruit, bread ...

... bed in it, so you can easily fit 4 people in. In the back are a bench that can be folded down into a bed, a kitchen and lots of stocking space. We are selling her for $ 6000 USD and that includes all the pots, pans, blankets, sheets, tools, radio,... If you have any questions or would like to see her (we'll be in south-peru the next month), don't hesitate to send us an e-mail!! (otromundoooh@hotmail.com) no strings attached ;) Kat y Babs

... I wonder if Uyuni will be like this? Closer to Arica the desert becomes a brown sand, smoother but increasingly mountainous in its shape. For miles and miles the way the road, so well built, was contructed among this desert amazes me. With high sand on one side and a bottomless sand cavern on the other, rising tens of feet above us on one side and then dipping hundreds of feet below us on the other, this desert was like an Alps of Sand. A sand-surfers paradise or ...

... of hundred aussie $), we had no access to our bank accounts. Luckily Adam could withdrawl some cash from his credit card so we would have to make that last till we got to London. So we went down to the shops to buy our food for the next day, then relaxed at the hostel and watched a movie. The following day we went down to the beach and had a walk around the town before having to leave Arica to get a 30 hour bus ride to Santiago!! Should be fun!!

... drinking beer while laying in the sun - this part I quite enjoyed. The beach dropped off very deep with the waves crashing right onto the shore and the water was even more polluted than that of Hong Kong - no mean feat. After lots of laying around we went to another beach with was much nicer.. a wide expanse of relatively clean sand and big waves I could enjoy, though unfortunately sin body board.. We also went to to a local club which was cool for its lack of roof as it never ...