1970s Border Crossing

The Colca Caynon Trip marked the end of our Northern Chile, Bolivia, Peru loop. It was time to head back into Northern Chile. We caught an easy 7 hour bus from Ariquipa (Peru) down to Tacna on the Peru/Chile Border. Getting off the bus we engaged in the typical shouting and arguing with locals about how we were going to cross the border, why we were crossing the border, and how much it was going to cost to cross the border.
After 15 minutes of hair pulling, scratching, spitting, tug of war with backpacks etc we agreed to go with the sleezy fat guy sweating through his see-thru string vest. Pleased to see that his slightly less greasy friend was going to take us we got into to awesome, huge American car from the 1970s (i think), and crossed the border listening to Buddy Holly, Elvis, and other American classics. Not quite a cool as the Bolivia Border, but pretty dam close.
Its funny how around the world you find wierd little pockets of culture where you wouldn´t expect it. We weren´t the only people crossing in a big American car, every car that crosses the border here is the same, and all the drivers pump out old classic from the stereo. For the 30 km between Tacna (Peru) & Arica (Chile) everycar is the same and it feels like you could be driving down Route 66 in 1973. They drop you off in Arica and suddenly they are gone, you never see another car the same. Bizarre.