Arica, Chile
To follow up on the man overboard – we did receive a letter from the Captain that the missing man was never found. His wife did find a note suggesting a planned suicide.
Now, on to the brighter side of this cruise! Today was our last stop in Chili. Arica is known as the “City of the eternal spring”. It is needed because the precipitation here is .03 inches a YEAR! It is one of the driest places on earth. As you can see, the city is surrounded by desert. It was sunny and dry, but a beautiful day with a wonderful breeze that made it just about perfect. We explored the downtown on our own and found some interesting architecture and lots of local craft dealers. There is a strong Peruvian influence as it was owned by Peru until 1880 when it was taken by Chilean forces during the War of the Pacific.
Because there is virtually no rain, the most interesting things are thousands of years old and a distance from town. We hired a taxi that took us to San Miguel. Here we visited a museum that houses the oldest mummies in the world. They are more than 6,000 years old. There are also mysterious geoglyphs and petroglyths equally old that can be seen in the landscape. Our adventures were cut short because of our late arrival, but it was definitely a place worth visiting.
To follow up on the man overboard – we did receive a letter from the Captain that the missing man was never found. His wife did find a note suggesting a planned suicide.
Now, on to the brighter side of this cruise! Today was our last stop in Chili. Arica is known as the “City of the eternal spring”. It is needed because the precipitation here is .03 inches a YEAR! It is one of the driest places on earth. As you can see, the city is surrounded by desert. It was sunny and dry, but a beautiful day with a wonderful breeze that made it just about perfect. We explored the downtown on our own and found some interesting architecture and lots of local craft dealers. There is a strong Peruvian influence as it was owned by Peru until 1880 when it was taken by Chilean forces during the War of the Pacific.
Because there is virtually no rain, the most interesting things are thousands of years old and a distance from town. We hired a taxi that took us to San Miguel. Here we visited a museum that houses the oldest mummies in the world. They are more than 6,000 years old. There are also mysterious geoglyphs and petroglyths equally old that can be seen in the landscape. Our adventures were cut short because of our late arrival, but it was definitely a place worth visiting.
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