38 hours, 5 buses, 1 taxi & 1 border

Time to move on again and a huge journey. From Arequipa all the way to Caldera in Chile. Journey starts with a reasonable bus in Arequipa, leaving at 8:45am to take us to just short of the border in a town called Tacna, from there we share a taxi to cross the Chile/Peru border and get into Arica. Sadly the bus that we were hoping for is full so we end up on the 23:00 overnight bus down to Antofagasta and get to spend 5 hours in Arica. One pizza and a couple of beers later we are back to the bus station to continue the journey.

Just as we get into Antofagasta the, rather knackered, bus we were on finally gives up the ghost and we have to jump on another to reach the bus terminal. A three hour wait and then onto the next bus to take us to Copiaco where we have a quick turn around to catch a local bus out to Caldera.

Arrival in Caldera sees both of us somewhat desperate for sleep. A few days to recover in the beach resort prior to heading on to Santiago!