Monday, 15 September 2014
I write this while on the bus from Arequipa to Tacna. The time now is approximately 3.15 pm and I should be arriving in Tacna very shortly. I have not brushed my teeth or showered since yesterday morning, and I have not had breakfast or lunch. I feel like a real traveller!
I arrived in Arequipa at 6.30 am and there was no one waiting for me. I didn't sleep so well last night on the bus although it was comfortable enough, I think I was feeling sad about leaving Cusco. Anyway, there was a tourist information counter at the bus station and I asked them for help, and they informed me that someone will come for me in a while. When he came, there was some confusion as to where I was going next, so he brought me to the tour agency. By this time I had decided to stay a night in Tacna just to get my bearings right, I needed some sleep and a bath so that I could figure out how to get to Chile in one piece. So when I arrived at the agency, I asked them to reserve a room for me in Tacna, and they informed me that my bus to Tacna was at 10 am, and it is about a 6 hour journey. I am glad I am going to stay in a hotel tonight and not travel some more to Atacama.
They sent me to the bus station at 8.15 am, nasty creeps and I had to wait there for the bus until 10 am. Finally I arrived in a Tacna at about 4.30 pm, and I decided to take it easy and look for bus tickets to San Pedro de Atacama tomorrow. So I just walked around the hotel, Tacna is quite a big town but there is nothing to see or do here. I bought dinner, washed some clothes, took a long hot shower and looked for hotels in San Pedro de Atacama which is proving to be more difficult than I thought because they are either all sold out or too expensive. I have met many travellers who arrive at a destination without booking any hotels, and then they just ask around. I think this is a bit too risky for me, being alone with a heavy suitcase and all that.
But now to sleep! I will continue my search tomorrow.
I write this while on the bus from Arequipa to Tacna. The time now is approximately 3.15 pm and I should be arriving in Tacna very shortly. I have not brushed my teeth or showered since yesterday morning, and I have not had breakfast or lunch. I feel like a real traveller!
I arrived in Arequipa at 6.30 am and there was no one waiting for me. I didn't sleep so well last night on the bus although it was comfortable enough, I think I was feeling sad about leaving Cusco. Anyway, there was a tourist information counter at the bus station and I asked them for help, and they informed me that someone will come for me in a while. When he came, there was some confusion as to where I was going next, so he brought me to the tour agency. By this time I had decided to stay a night in Tacna just to get my bearings right, I needed some sleep and a bath so that I could figure out how to get to Chile in one piece. So when I arrived at the agency, I asked them to reserve a room for me in Tacna, and they informed me that my bus to Tacna was at 10 am, and it is about a 6 hour journey. I am glad I am going to stay in a hotel tonight and not travel some more to Atacama.
They sent me to the bus station at 8.15 am, nasty creeps and I had to wait there for the bus until 10 am. Finally I arrived in a Tacna at about 4.30 pm, and I decided to take it easy and look for bus tickets to San Pedro de Atacama tomorrow. So I just walked around the hotel, Tacna is quite a big town but there is nothing to see or do here. I bought dinner, washed some clothes, took a long hot shower and looked for hotels in San Pedro de Atacama which is proving to be more difficult than I thought because they are either all sold out or too expensive. I have met many travellers who arrive at a destination without booking any hotels, and then they just ask around. I think this is a bit too risky for me, being alone with a heavy suitcase and all that.
But now to sleep! I will continue my search tomorrow.
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