Hotel Plaza Colon Arica
San Marcos 261 Arica, Chile
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Surf's up!
... get a bus to Tacna, just over the Peruvian border and from there get a bus to Arequipa, our next stop. It all sounded quite straight forward…or so we thought!...
We arrived at Arica’s International bus station to find a number of little manned kiosks with people selling various tickets and a big car park in the middle. It was rammed with people and there were queues that we weren’t sure if we should be joining or not. We tried to ask someone but ...
The Airport, Amanda and Arica
... like to return. I canīt believe it is that easy...so travel tip: Book the cheapest flight you can find and then go to the airport and change it to a more convenient possibly more expensive one...ok I wouldnīt rely on this but it worked this time.
LAN have very nice inflight snacks...I have the whole row to myself....Arica airport a small shed in a desrt...Iīm in a desert!
Justino, ...
FLEEING THE COUNTRY
... numbers and other information, I have a quick look at everbody elses before we leave. Me, Mill, and big John are joined on journey by some Argentinian (Johns kid),a Peruvian bloke and some proper dodgy Lebanese bloke in a sheepskin duffle coat. We set off for the border we're all in high spirits, the musics on, its in spanish so don't understand a word but im singing along just glad to be off somewhere ...
Frolicking With Llamas
... I went for a hike on the trail near my campsite in the hopes that the CONAF guy would be at the office when I returned. The first half of the hike was amazing. There were huge herds of llamas, alpacas and vicunas. Everywhere! and all over the trail. As I walked they would scatter. There were lakes and birds and strange green rock/algea formations called bufedeos(?). I was basically frolicking with llamas. On the way back, all of the llamas had migrated to somewhere else, and ...
Chilly in Chile (and stuck).
... re-enter like Argentina and Chile, and all the other countries for that matter, do. No thought as to why countries with higher incomes have to do that, otherwise there would be mass influx from everywhere else and soon no more jobs or space. Compared to Britain, Bolivia is a massive place. We were also ****** off as we knew Bolivians in Sucre that had gone to the UK for 6 months. We had also gone to the effort of arranging an invitation from my family for ...


