A day in the twilight zone - Travel Report
932 miles by car from Antofagasta Chile to Cuzco Peru.
I had decided to travel by car. It might not seem like a good idea since I was crossing half of the driest dessert in the world, but when your plan is to see – to really SEE – the place, is necessary. And is not like I was going through hell or anything; the car had air conditioned and the view was breathtaking.
I have always liked to travel by car. Just for the fun of it. Maybe had something to do with being able to be alone with yourself, to think, and admire the landscape... somehow it feels like flying, kinda like dogs when they get on a car and stick their heads out the window...
I had to cross three Chilean cities and then the Peruvian border to get to Tacna. I was supposed to meet a friend there. He was flying from Colombia to Peru and we had plans to go on a road trip together from Tacna to Cuzco.
That was the first time I was crossing the Chilean border by land but I had been told it wasn’t that hard to get a car through, in fact it was usual since most people on the northest Chilean city (Arica) spent their lives going back and forth from their city and Tacna.
932 miles by car from Antofagasta Chile to Cuzco Peru.
I had decided to travel by car. It might not seem like a good idea since I was crossing half of the driest dessert in the world, but when your plan is to see – to really SEE – the place, is necessary. And is not like I was going through hell or anything; the car had air conditioned and the view was breathtaking.
I have always liked to travel by car. Just for the fun of it. Maybe had something to do with being able to be alone with yourself, to think, and admire the landscape... somehow it feels like flying, kinda like dogs when they get on a car and stick their heads out the window...
I had to cross three Chilean cities and then the Peruvian border to get to Tacna. I was supposed to meet a friend there. He was flying from Colombia to Peru and we had plans to go on a road trip together from Tacna to Cuzco.
That was the first time I was crossing the Chilean border by land but I had been told it wasn’t that hard to get a car through, in fact it was usual since most people on the northest Chilean city (Arica) spent their lives going back and forth from their city and Tacna.
