10TH - 14TH MARCH

Arica & Arequipa
10th - 14th March

Arica
10th March
We arrived in Arica around 7.30 am. We hadn’t had a bad sleep considering it was a less than plush night bus. We grabbed a taxi with Andie as Pilar and Virginia had a bus change en-route to Arica but they had booked into the same hostel, so we would see them at some point soon after we arrived! We were relived to find that our room was ready but there was someone sleeping in Andie’s dorm so we left them to finish there sleep while we headed over to the main building for breakfast. This was one of the many good things about this hostel, it was run by a New Zealand guy and he let all overnight bus arriving guests have a breakfast on the day they

arrived! Not only was this great but the breakfast was the best we’d had since Brasil. It was awesome and made a great change from the horrid dulce de leche and hard bread of most of Chile and Argentina! There was masses of fresh fruit, cereal, fruit juice, nice soft bread, cheese, you name it they had it - we were in heaven, especially after a not so great meal in San Pedro the night before. After a good feed it was time for a shower and chill! When we got back to our part of the hostel we found out that it was Pilar and Virginia who were sleeping in Andie’s dorm! So they headed off for breakfast while we all waited our turn for the shower.

Once everybody was ready we all decided to head into town and see what it had to offer. Arica didn’t have the best of write ups in the guide book but that sometimes isn’t what you should judge a place by. There have been many places that we have liked