Arica, Chili is a city where when you leave you say “Been there, done that”. I enjoyed my tour and one of the highlight was the Christ the Redeemer Chili style. Unlike Rio’s Redeemer we did not have to take a cog train up the hill. The bus took us close to the top and the worse was dusty sneakers from walking the rest of the way. I didn’t see any tourist police and feel we didn’t need them. The statue appeared to be about a third of the size as Rio’s Redeemer. There were no clouds obscuring the statue from time to time giving a mystic quality to it like Rio’s Redeemer. I definitely did not feel the same power.
Eiffel’s presence is in this town in the form of several buildings including the San Marcos Church, which is a lovely cream-colored building. The Geoglyphs of Lluta are a series of hillside drawings representing llamas and humans and were quite spectacular.
I felt that the sites mentioned above were the highlights of our visit to Arica but since I covered pigeons in my Lima post, I couldn’t resist this pigeon poop stained path.
In posting photos I have found that 3 at a time is the limit so one of my photos for this post will be on the Coquimbo, Chili post and I will point that out.
I was half through your post before I realized you weren't talking about hot dog chili. Steeragelady and I did so much enjoy our trip with the mountain to the Redeemer statue in Rio. I was hoping it would be the way I left this planet as it would have looked good in my obit. Speaking of obits, I envy those of the dear souls who was died en route which will reflect their departure on a World Cruise. By the way, I am pleased to hear of your friendship with Sir Richard. We are aristocratic but not royal. Lord Kay.
ReplyDeleteI must start previewing my stuff and correct errors in the text. Another question, Judi. In terms of overall ship size and space ONLY, how do you compare the Amsterdam with the QE2 for a World Cruise? I don't mean cabin size or dining or food. Places to sit and observe the passing world as in corridors outside Queens Room and Theatre on QE2 --- not so nice on the QM2, for example, as I'd wish.
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