50km from the Peruvian Border
Greetings from Arica, Chile!
More eighty-degree weather, great food, and kind people. There are no North Americans in Arica that we’ve met, but we’ve seend a handful of gringos (non-South Americans). The food is great, and seems a bit less expensive than the rest of Chile.
Eva and I are experimenting with bargaining more since fewer places here have posted prices. Bad news for gringos (the price doubles immediately), but we’re able to talk down the vendors quite a bit sometimes.
We surfed yesterday on the only surfboard available for rent in Arica. It was $8.50 for a half-day on the 6′5″ severly injured skinny fish. We had a great time surfing and watching kitesurfers and windsurfers. We couldn’t find anyone to teach us how to kite surf, but we might be able to do sandboarding here, we’ll see.
Tomorrow we’re off to Peru!