Οι καλύτερες ποδηλατικές διαδρομές στην Αρίκα και Παρινακότα

talent is not everything, perseverance always prevails

Guardian Presences are a set of reinforced concrete and clay sculptures in the Chaca pampa in memory of the first cultures that inhabited this territory. One sculpture is a hemispherical structure called The Ancestors. And another is a set of two humanoid figures called The origin of the lineage. At this crossroads I left the Pan-American highway to start the ascent towards the Chilean foothills along the Desert Route.

Arica is a city in northern Chile very close to the border with Peru. It has an important seaport and is a tourist center due to the climate and the good reputation of its beaches for surfing and water sports. In the surroundings of Arica and Parinacota, the oldest anthropomorphic mummies in the world have been found. An outstanding place in the city is the Morro de Arica, a 150-meter-high maritime rock that has been the protagonist of various social, military and political events in the history of the city. The beginning of the mountain biking adventure was the square of the San Marcos Cathedral, the relevant building of the historical and monumental heritage of Arica. Urban planning is a grid of parallel streets typical of Chilean colonial cities.