Thursday our stop was Arica, Peru. We were here back in 2019. We did not book any excursions this time and decided to just walk around. There is a prominent hill called Morro de Arica. It is 456 Ft (139 meters) tall. I decide to climb to the top on a trail up the side of it. This is as far south on the South American continent as we have ever cruised. We won't get back to known ports until we hit Africa in mid April.
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| Lights of the city with Morro de Arica in the center. |
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| Some Brown Pelicans flying by in the pre-sunrise light |
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| Another industrail port |
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| Excursion busses. |
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| Gulls on a shed on the pier. |
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| Peruvian Pelicans |
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| Just outside the port gate, a view of the hill I am about to walk up |
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| A pedestrian only street |
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| St. Marks Cathedral was designed by Gustave Eiffel (before his success with the Eiffel Tower in Parris). It was prefabricated in Eiffel's Paris shops and shipped in pieces tob Arica. The church is made of stamped and molded cast iron, coated with paint. It was inaugurated in 1876 |
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| The steep uphill street going up to the base of the hill trail. |
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| Plaza Colon at the base of the hill |
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| The first section of trail |
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| It was the steepest section |
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| The trail is .6 miles long |
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| The second section was not quite as steep |
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| nearing the top |
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| View from the top |
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| A very large Chilean flag. There was no wind when I was up there but later in the day the flag was extended. |
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A small military museum - Combatants of the Morro de Arica Museum" at the top. I wasn't open yet when I was there. |
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| Closeup view of our ship from the hill. |
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| Starting back down |
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| On my way back down |
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| Back at the bottom of the trail |
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| The Colon Plaza again |
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| Looking up the street to the hill |
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| At a restaurant on the pedestrian street |
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| I had a couple of local beers. |
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| View of the hill from a small park |
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| A noisey Gray Gull |
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| The flag unfurled in the afternoon when the wind came up |
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| Many fishing boats in the harbor |
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| Many more gulls |
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| We needed to take shuttle buses to/from the port entrance |
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| A Turkey Vulture |
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| Leaving the harbor. |
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| The port area and Morro de Arica hill. |
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| The Chilean coastline |
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| A White-chinned Petrel |
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| A fishing boat in the late afternoon |
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| Sunset approaches |
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