Iquique, Chile

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 blocking our view. Luckily they are building a humungous building on his home, crisis averted. A nice relaxing way to start the trip.

* We realized while watching a man paragliding recently that we forgot to mention that when we were chilling at the beach in Iquique we witnessed a paraglider "land" on a beach restaurant and bar full of people. Hilarious.