Arica

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Summary in English:
We moved to the Tacna - the town on the Peru-Chilean border from the Arequipa. We took a taxi transfer car from there to cross the border. We decided for the taxi after few not very sucesfull tries to get information about bus. The cross of the border was easy going and taxi took us to the bus terminal in Arica. We did not have any plans where to go next. So we studied there information from our Lonely Planet. Because we were finally down from the high altitude enjoing hot wheather, we wanted to stop at the ocean somewhere. And we found out that the Arica is a popular beach place for the Chileans. So it was decided. We stayed in Arica. It was wery late to look for an accomodation. So we took an accomodation from the man who offered it to us at the bus station. We did not like it very much so next morning we found cheaper place with not so much restrictions, just opposite the bus station.
Then we went to the city centre. The city is modern. Yes, wewere back in Chile. The difference was clear. We went to the hill with the Jesus statue which stands just over the town. You can see the whole Arica from here. Arica is town in the middle of the desert just the ocean is from one side of it. It is very strange feeling to see all the desert around. Then we headed to the beach to enjoy little bit of swim. That was really all we did in Arica and the next day there was just 28 hours in bus to Santiago through the desert country.

Z Arequipy sme sa presunuli do pohranicneho mesta Tacna, kde sme nasadli na auto americkej vyroby, takze sme sedeli traja vzadu aj v predu a tak sme frcali smer chilske hranice. Na hranici je to v pohode, hladaju hlavne potraviny - tu nastastie nebolo treba vybalovat ruksaky, len ich presvietili a bolo. Taxik nas zaviezol na autobusovy terminal v Arice, kde sme nevedeli presne co dalej, lebo sme nemali nic naplanovane. Navyse cas sme posunuli o 2 hodky dopredu, takze bolo uz cca. 23 hodin. Napriek tomu sme chvilu citali bedeker kam sa chceme este v Chile pozriet a ked sme zistili, ze plaz je aj tu kde sa prave nachadzame, tak sme sa rozhodli, ze ostaneme tu, nechali sme sa odchytit chlapikom z hostela, ktory mal tolko obmedzeni, ze nam to pomaly pripadalo, ze ani nechce, aby sme rozostielali postel inak to bude s priplatkom. Rano sme sa potom preubytovali do lacnejsieho hostela a isli si pozriet mesto. Arica je zasadena v nekonecnej pusti - ked sa k nej prichadza tak mesto zacne uplne zrazu bez nejakych predmesti, alebo dedin. Clovek si tak ide pustou a zrazu mesto. Vysli sme si na vyhliadku, kde bolo dobre vidiet ako z jednej strany Aricu obmyva ocean a z ostatnych pust, kde nerastie uplne nic. Ale zase to ma tu vyhodu, ze vidno rozne farby hliny. Arica je moderne mesto, je tam aj McDonald a nikto nic nenuka na predaj - tento fakt nas tesil najviac, lebo z Peru sme toho mali dost 😊. Poobede sme si zasli na plaz. Dalsi den sme nasadli na bus smer Santiago s vyhliadkou na 28 hodinovu cestu a tym sme precestovali celu tu pust co vidite na prvom obrazku. Bolo to pre nas nieco neuveritelne - pust sme este nikdy nevideli.

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Arica je priblizne na vnutornom zlome kontinentu. Trochu viac do vnutrozemia je vidiet biely flak - to je Salar de Uyuni v Bolivii

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cestou do Chile