The next day we had a late breakfast and Karla and Augustina and her elder sister Matilda arrived and they had an entire day of sightseeing planned for us. They offered for us to travel in their car with them but we thought it would be better if we had all our motorcycle gear ready when/if my bike was ready for pick up as we really wanted to make it across the border into Peru and stay the night in Tacna. I had been able to change the dates for the hotel booking in Tacna by one day without extra charge and had cancelled the booking in the next town also without charge as nothing was available at that hotel one day later. We geared up and rode two up on Andrew’s bike following them into the city and stopped at the mechanic who said he would contact me when it is ready but approximately in the afternoon around 4:00pm. We then dropped Arturo off for an appointment and we walked to the cathedral of San Marcos which was designed and built by Gustavo Eiffel and sent prefabricated to Arica. We walked to the Port and the old Aduana building now a museum and then met up with Arturo and went to the Museo de Sitio Colón 10, which was built directly over an ancient cemetery discovered in 2004 during residential renovations. We walked on a glass floor over the skeletal remains and mummies 7000 years old – known as the Chinchorro mummies, which are the oldest artificially mummified human remains in the world. We then drove to the lookout Morro de Arica where Patricio was waiting for us on his motorcycle. We walked to the lookout and took pictures and enjoyed the view over the city and the harbour. We then followed Patricio who doubled Augustina and rode around the big rock past Augustina’s school and a nice beach. We had to go off road to avoid a police checkpoint as Patricio’s motorcycle license was expired 😉👍 We then all met up for a late lunch together and I got a message from the mechanic that my bike was ready 👍🤗. I asked about the price and he said 80 to be paid in cash (US$ or Chilean pesos) – when I confirmed he meant US$80 he messaged back saying his mistake it is US$60. Patricio escorted us there and it looked perfectly fixed- they used the new rim tape I had provided and all the bolts on the front wheel were torqued to factory settings 🤗👍 I gave Luis US$70 as I was so happy with the quality work and fast turn around. We took some pictures with Luis and then headed back to Arturo’s place to pack up and load the bikes. We said our good byes and gave both Arturo and Patricio a coaster with Australian animals and our sticker and told them they are welcome in Australia any time. We left Arturo’s place by 5:00pm and headed to the border to enter Peru. We arrived just after sunset at the border and it was busy and we stood in line at each counter for a while – we needed to fill in paperwork for our motorcycles – the same piece of paper 3 times each at the first counter exiting Chile. Then we came to the next counter entering Peru and since it was our first time ever we needed to get finger printed electronically which took a while and somehow did not work for Andrew on the machine and they eventually gave up. Next was getting our Chilean TIP taken off at one counter and a new Peruvian TIP issued at the next counter which worked for me but Andrew was re-directed to a different place where they typed in the info and then he had to go back to the counter where I got mine. The last step was our luggage and we had to take everything off the motorcycle and have it scanned 😳 We had to get a large trolley to fit everything on and they took Andrew’s passport in order for him to return the trolley after we were done. Everything except for our spare fuel bladders and fuel bottles went through the scanner – in all our rush we had forgotten to throw out apple cores and we also had coco leaves for chewing against altitude sickness with us but nothing was flagged or questioned and we put all our stuff back on the trolley and out the other side of the building, piled it up in a car park and Andrew returned the trolley, got his passport back and went to get his motorcycle through inspection while I waited on the other side with all our gear on the ground in a car space. Once Andrew was through with his bike, I went to go and get mine but was told I am not allowed to walk on the road where Andrew had walked and was directed back through the building which is one way traffic – I eventually made it back to my bike to ride it through the inspection area and after all of that we had to completely re-pack everything back onto the bikes. It was still very warm even though it was night and pitch dark by the time we finished – 3 hours!!!! and I have no idea how you would do this travelling alone on a motorbike as you would have to leave all your belongings unattended on the other side after scanning until you would get the bike across – luckily it was our second last border crossing – only one more entry into Chile and then back into Australia. We then had another hour to ride in a new country in the dark to get to Tacna and our hotel. It was a very straight and good road – no potholes and we took it easy and eventually arrived after 8:00pm at our hotel (this was with having gained one hour crossing into Peru). We parked the bikes in an undercover garage, unloaded them and went for dinner at the hotel restaurant. The waiter was very slow – we were the only ones there and drinks and food took forever. I caught up with my darling daughter while waiting for the drinks and food. The Pisco was good and so was the entree. I had ordered rice with seafood for mains but had not asked if it was spicy and it was so full of 🌶️ that I could not eat it. Andrew swapped his beef steak with me and even Andrew only managed a few spoon full of the spicy rice dish. We were quite tired and went to bed for a good night sleep after I received a message about our booked 2 day tour of Machu Picchu which was not available and they offered a 3 day tour instead which would not work with our plans and I cancelled it and then spent hours finding and booking a new tour that would fit into the two day window and was still available – our first night in Peru!! What a full day it had been and we saw so much of Arica thanks to our new lovely and wonderfully kind friends 🤗❤️