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I completely have my days mixed up as to when we visited this surft town...but it's okay. We flew in from Santiago, to Iquique. We stayed here for a couple of days and it definitely was one of the most memorable towns. We stayed in a hostel for a couple of days- i think it was called Don Luis or something. Anyways- super cheap hostel- i think it was about $6/night. Well, you get what you pay for, right?! We all had a private room, 2 bunk beds for 3 people. The size of the beds weren't an issu...

Well gang after nearly 3 and half months of sporadic and unplanned travel I find myself back in the land of the Churros, Chile. Leaving the Bolivian cold and altitude behind (not for long) I have stumbled across a bodyboarders paradise in Iquique, North Chile! It is such an unreal experience entering Iquique, after driving for 6-8 hours through a mountainous desert desolate of any flora or fauna just the deep grey colour of dirt and rock you abruptly rise over this peak and descend ...

The first stop on our adventure!!! We flew out of Santiago very early in the morning and arrived at this beautiful beach town by early afternoon. We completed some last minute shoping for the trip at the Zona Franca (tax free zone) which was insane and overwhelming- luckily our last shopping experience for a while. We spent the whole day on the second day at the beach and cooked dinner there. The water was cold but nice. Experienced a beautiful sunset yet there was a homeless guy blockin...

Visiting Northern Chile in November 2007.

Iquique is one of those cities that is so dramatically set that you will never forget the first time that you see it. It is located about 4 hours south of Arica but the road runs right through the Atacama desert, a bone dry arid expanse of nothingness, before branching off at Humberstone, an old nitrate mining ghost town, to descend towards Iquique. The road winds downward through parched valleys and eventually reaches a small plateau between two taller mountains which extend in either direct...

5 months and 5 countries... so far just a few photos with writings to come

Pyh, Hvor var det dejligt at komme ned fra Altiplano og gense havet. Sammen med Annelies og en flok Brasilienske tourister tog vi bussen fra saltoerkenen og ned til Iquique. Brasilienerne insisterede paa at loefte vores tasker, lave mad til os og overlade de bedste senge til os, saa det var ren luksus. Vi kastede os i boelgerne og indsnusede havluften. Og saa skal jeg ellers ogsaa love for at vi kunne maerke vi var kommet ud af Bolivia; saederne i bussen kunne laegges ned og var super-bloede,...

Trip from Lima down to San Pedro de Atacama and from there up across the Salar de Uyuni to Potosi, Cusco, Machu Picchu and back to Lima.