The next morning we awoke and had our cincluded breakfast a very tasty affair of toast, bread and cereal and a small battle over fruit juices - everytime the staff brought out a new jug there was a very evident stiffening of the air followed by a mad dash from almost everyone to retrieve some refreshment.After a quick shower we headed off into town, after first walking in the wrong direction and coming to an abrupt stop in front of a large park that was obviously...

ARICA We were up literally at the crack of dawn - 5:30am, but were fortunate enough to find a taxi waiting at the bottom of the street just asking for 2 backpackers to be taken to the bus station. After some wandering about trying to find our bus company and a bit of a debate on whether there was a departure tax and where it might be paid and then finally where our departure point was we were settled down on the bus, not too shabby by the standards we have becom...