Arica Travel Blogs

We arrived safely at our Hostel in Arica.  Our first impressions of the Jardin Del Sol was that it was a bit like the rooms out of the hit BBC "comedy" Hi-Di-Hi, but it is fine!  Our first impressions of Arica are a bit like a cross between Torquay and Porthcawl - a bit of a scruffy seasi…

This was one of the greatest days of the trip! First the took a look at Arica, which is a beachcommunity and quite rich it seemed (but that could be a contrast between Bolivia and Chile, I don’t know). There is a clean shopping street with lots of fashion. The most important sights of Arica a…

Not long after leaving Arequipa the road descends quickly and you are soon in the middle of a landscape similar to what Mars must look like. There are large mountains covered in sand with red rocks protruding and just vast stretches of nothingness. The road proceeds south without many signs of civi…

A short visit to Arica in Chile... driving from Tacna in teh south of Perú to Chile

As for me Latin America is one of the most fascinating regions in the world, it was just a question of time when my wandering shoes would bring me there. What should I say? The trip was all this: amazing, a bit stressful, unforgettable, exiting, fascinating, genuine...all in one?...just great.

a bit of South America in 4 weeks

Hello All,Yesterday afternoon was very nice. The weather in Lima was perfect, all the way up to 80 with light clouds. I checked out of the hotel around noon, and took a taxi to the center of the city.The taxi cost about $2.50, and was hampered by some pretty fierce traffic the closer we got to do…

We started our 3 weeks trip with a 27 hour bus trip from Santiago to Arica. From there, we took a private tour to the National Park Lauca & N.P de la Vicuna's, down to Iquique. After visiting the port of Antofagasta, we headed for San Pedro de Atacama and visited the famous Valle de la Luna and Tatio Geysers. In our last week we headed back via La Serena to Santiago.

for about 4 hours of flying it took us 12 hours in transit, fun times again!!! from there we caught a bus to Arica in Chile, we spent the day there sleeping on the beach and killing time till our night bus to San Pedro De Atacama.

traveling along the years

I have changed my blog so that it now incorporates my full South American adventure!

Planning this great trip to Peru, Chile and Bolivia in september october of 2009. This is the concept outline, feel free to give advice.

Night bus time!  As I wait for the bus to arrive, all I'm thinking to myself is, "Please, please don't let the passenger beside me be a woman carrying two kids".  Kids, after all, ride free on their parent's lap in Peru and Bolivia, and I've seen some sizeable kids get free rides.  T…

Ok.. so now that we are in Chile.. I have been reflecting on what I thought of Peru.. There is definetly a difference.. We noticed the difference right at the border.. The Chiliean people were dressed nicely to begin with.. You can tell they have more money for clothing and jewelery etc. So, h…

Me and three friends made a trip september 2008 to South America and visited the countries Peru, Bolivia, Arica in northern Chile and Sao Paulo in Brazil.