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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Arica, Chile by TravelPod blogger Rawhideone titled “Low impact living???” Rawhideone’s travel blog entry: “Well it looks like we can’t really get out of this town for a few days…the buses across the Andes into Argentina (and moisture) are booked until the 17th. So we’ll divide our time between Arica and San Pedro de Atacama, which is about 12 hours from here in the higher desert. Arica is fine to hang out in…it’s just that the minute someone tells you can’t leave for a bit, then you get all itching to leave. But we settle in to enjoy the sights and sounds of Arica….I hear that there are sea lions near the port…I’m picturing something like San Francisco where they are piled up on docks in the sun just waiting to be photographed. But this is a little different. Once we find the right area of the port, the animals are there, playing and swimming around but amongst the trash in the water. Tossing paper towels and plastic bags across the water and retrieving them…they’re even enjoying the unique construction of the six-pack plastic rings we’ve provided for them. They’re big and I could watch them forever but with mixed feelings…the nastiness in the water is disappointing and in contrast to their beauty. I am surprised that in a place like Chile, and in a vacation seafront town, there wouldn’t be more of an effort to take care of the trash. Got to say, I’m just not finding the environmental ethic to be a strong …
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