I was planning to stay in Arica 2 or 3 days to surf but the weather was not good and the city didn't seem very welcoming.
So I decided to go directly to Arequipa in Peru.
When I arrived in Arica early in the morning I met a guy having the double nationality Australian and New Zealander (Carlos).
It was funny because he was travelling with a lot of heavy bags which contained DJ equipments, Indian spices and many other things.
In fact, he came from India to work in South America as DJ and cook.
But he could do lots of other things.
It was better for me to cross the border with someone in order to not getting ripped off.
Moreover one of his friend told him how to cross the border safely and for cheap.
So we took a public bus to go to Tacna in Peru in the other side of the border (58km/1h45) and from Tacna we took another bus to go to Arequipa (371km/7h).
I left Carlos in Arequipa because he took another bus to go Cuzco.
When I got off the bus I met 2 Chilean girls who was travelling in Peru.
We shared a taxi to go to the city center and we found an accommodation.
The day after I did the Free Walking Tour of Arequipa.
The tour was divided in three parts: History, Modernity and Gastronomy.
We visited the main historical places, the alpaca wool factory and we tried few food specialities (different kinds of potatoes, organic chocolate, pisco sour, ...).
I would have wished to stay few more days to visit the Colca Canyon but I had to go to Lima to meet my parents.
PS: Sorry for the quality of my pictures but my camera broke down in San Pedro de Atacama. So I used my phone camera and my GoPro to take them.
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