Arica - part II

I took the plane from Santiago to Arica Thursday night, and I arrived in Arica at midnight. The guy I stayed with last time I was in Arica was travelling, so I had found a couchsurfer I could stay with for just one night, since I didn’t want to pay for a hostel because it is really expensive to stay at hostels in Chile.

When I came to the airport I took a colectivo (shared taxi) to the couchsurfer’s house. Or at least I thought I did. Even though I had asked the driver if he knew the place and he had said yes, he didn’t know it at all. So he ended up dropping me off in the middle of nowhere for me to take a cab the rest of the way. And then he wanted full price for the ride. I refused to do that, but at the end he said he would go get the police, and I didn’t know what that would end up with, so I ended up paying. That hijo de puta!

Well, Patricio, the guy I stayed with, was a really open guy. Besides me he also had 3 others plus his girlfriend staying over. So it was quite busy. I went directly to bed, so I could get up early in the morning and go to Peru.

This time was more “tranquilo” than last time I was here in Arica. I saw a more humble part of the city, but on the other hand I felt like I didn’t really know the city that well, since I hadn’t even been to the center.