South Through Iquique, Antofagasta, and La Serena

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After a couple days, I left Arica extremely sunburnt. Why do I always get it into my head not to wear any sunscreen at all?! This made the bus journey to Iquique rather uncomfortable. Iquique has a very nice beach, but there´s not much else to do there. One can see the colonial style buildings everywhere. Antofagasta and La Serena are just regular towns on the coast. I suppose this is a rather uninspired entry, but I was feeling quite uninspired during this period anyway. Chile is more modernized than Peru, and I find the accent to be extremely difficult to understand. Instead of random muts roaming the streets, there are huskies roaming the streets in every town. Instead of hordes of people selling candy and plastic bobbles, there are guys walking around selling bonzai trees in small round pots. The region near La Serena grows lots of grapes, and hence the wine is almost cheaper than water. I bought one wine glass for sampling purposes.

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