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 TACNA by matcrazy1
So, don't expect to see any beautiful houses/residences, luxury stories or anything like this there. Do expect to see terrible or funny or even nice looking mess around their ground floor simple houses and almost no businesses. Leave a Comment
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 URSULA WASHING WINDSCREENS by matcrazy1
So, do not expect somebody from a gas station employees to wash your car windscreen while you are fueling.
It works that way in some (most?) European countries as well. In the USA Ursula was very kind to wash (perfectly!) the car's windscreen (if needed) while I was fueling and... resting. Thank you Ursula :-) Leave a Comment
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 CHEVRON GAS STATION IN
TACNA by matcrazy1
Not my favourite/best gas station chain in the USA but they were everywhere. Are they the biggest in American gas stations market? Leave a Comment
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 ENLARGE: BEVERAGES PRICE
LIST IN TACNA :-) by matcrazy1
Hmm... driving from Southern California I noticed that at least basic food, water, gas and simple dishes + beverages in a restaurant were CHEAPER or even much cheaper than in California.
Just one example, enlarge my picture and look: most beverages costed $1 in Basque Etchea Restaurant in Tecna including my coffee, in southern California coffee was at least twice more expensive (in a restaurant). Leave a Comment
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 "STREET" IN TACNA by matcrazy1
Look at my picture: there is a quite wide paved highway in the middle. There are broad unpaved spaces on both sides (schoulders and/or parking lots?), used by cars - there are no pedastrians there hehe. And finally outside there are some ground floor houses and eventually businesses.
It remained me some small towns/villages in... Asian part of Turkey. Am I wrong? Leave a Comment
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 LIKE IN HOLYWOOD MOVIE! by matcrazy1
1. long, straight highway, almost empty (one pickup truck only) with wooden telegraph/electricity pales on one side,
2. no trees, just dirty grass and small bushes,
2. rocky mountains in the background,
3. blue sky,
4. hot sun getting the air trembled,
5. blowing wind rising up the dust.
Hmm... where are red or pink old convertibles with pretty women inside? In Hollywood studios exclusively? Leave a Comment
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 CHEVRON GAS STATION IN
TACNA by matcrazy1
Isn't it strange? As I know California in contrast to Arizona was a producer of oil for gas. Is there something wrong with California's economy -higher taxes or what? Hmm... it maybe more complicated to explain, I suppose.
From Brian (Arizonarat) from Phoenix, Arizona:
Generally, California gas is much more expensive because it is taxed at a higher rate and they do "re-formulate" the fuel to be less polluting. Each state imposes different taxes on their fuel. Leave a Comment
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 PICKUP TRUCK by matcrazy1
Is it practical in this area?
Rather flat area and no heavy snows there = no need to use heavily working cars.
But there are quite a lot unpaved roads around and if you run a business it's better to have more loading space and there are almost no rains in this area so no need to cover loads. Just my opinion. Leave a Comment
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 TACNA - UNPAVED SHOULDER by matcrazy1
So don't be surprised to see small dust storms or at least quite a lot of dust in the air. Their cars are usually covered by thinner or thicker layer of dust. Hmm... I didn't see a wash-car there.
In dry areas of Turkey I noticed that people used to water unpaved and broad shoulders of a highway to prevent or at least lower the amount of dust rising up from the ground. Don't they do the same in Tacna? Leave a Comment
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 AVE 40E :-) by matcrazy1
I was crazy driving around Tacna (no worries it takes 5 min. if you are very slow) looking for 39 avenues (1-39) but believe me, I found maybe 2 more :-).
Is it a kind of marketing (commercial) a town or what? Hmm... it works anyway :-) Leave a Comment
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