CHILE CHAPTER Tacna to Arica
After a relaxing stay in Tacna Peru cable tv (more english chanels then just fox news yeah) private bathroom and a queen bed for 35 soles (13 dollars USD) it was time to get another stamp in the passport.
The stamp you get for the Inka Trail is an optional stamp and is by far the coolest I´ve seen next to the Galopagos Islands. (another point for going right Erich?)
The International bus station in Tacna is a series of charter companies but no offical transport lines thus the swarms of private car drivers to bus companies all solicat customers. I headed yo the laziest looking stall in hopes that negotiating a price would be reflected by the same attitude. I was in luck and soon boarded a bus filled with a group that spoke nothing but spanish. The language hasn´t been a problem yet and I have probably learned more vocabulary in body language than spanish. Well I was not let down I made it through with a slight hitch of produce that I offered to through in the garbage before passing which the guard graciously accepted but made me fill out the form again stating that I had produce which he had just taken.
The beach in Arica is lovely and the buildings around look like a shell from a expected wealthier past.(does that make sense)
Sunny Days Hostel is a perfect location from the beach and the owners (a chilian and a kiwi) are most hospitable and provide a lovely ¨included¨ breakfast.
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