http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Chile , Tarapaca , Iquique en-us Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:54:12 BST Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:54:12 BST Dag 59.Etter frokost gikk vi en lang tur langs stranden og fiskehavnen. Omraadet var fint laget til med flere km. med trefortausti som slynget seg langs stranden. Det var opparbeidet grontomraader og det var en liten ldquozoordquo med lamaer karper skilpadder og krokodilller mm. Det var ogsaa et lite fiskemarked ved sjoen men nesten alt var solgt for dagen.Tilbake til gamlebyen og en fis http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-312466.html Dag 58. I dag var vi oppe kl 07.30 spiste frokost og pakket en liten dagstursekk. Vi hadde faatt beskjed om at vi skulle bli hentet utenfor hotellet mellom 8.30 8.45. Vi er jo stort sett alltid tidlig ute saa vi stilte oss opp utenfor hotellet kl 8.30. 45 minutter senere kom endelig minibussen. Da bussen hadde hentet alle var vi tilsammen 20 personer.Vi kjorte forst opp fjellet mot nitritbyen http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-311046.html Dag 57.Etter frokost gikk vi en tur rundt i byen dvs den gamle delen av den som vi bor i. Den nye delen minner mer om Ibiza eller noe med hoye hoteller og mange strandbarer. Vi gikk videre ned mot sjoen og spasserte en lang tur langs strendene. Det var perfekte bolger for surfing og vi ble sittende og se paa en gjeng med gutter som lekte seg i bolgene. Sjoluft gjor en sulten saa vi gikk for http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-311036.html Dag 56. Oppe kl. 0800 for aa faa tatt en god dusj og frokost for vi sjekket ut av hotellet kl. 1000. Mens Jane dusjet var Eirik paa minibank tur igjen. Det viser seg at ikke alle automatene tar VISA selv om det staar paa de at de gjor det og uttaksbelopetgrensen varierer fra automat til automat. Idag fikk han ut halvparten av det vi tok ut for to dager siden. Vi ble sittende og vente Eirik n http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-310263.html everyone seams to have settled into a riding pattern of sorts and it was good to have the past couple of days on the seal to make up a bit of time. we have had to give the truck it's 10000km service here in Iquique. we are also trying to get Charlies moto back to Vina as we have to pick Alec's bike up on our retern to Argentina in a few days time.After our visit to Araquipa the South American http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-261659.html Liebe Freunde und FamilieVon Valparaso fluechteten wir also Richtung La Serena. Fuer einmal nahmen wir keinen Nachtbus sondern reisten den Tag durch ca. 10 Stunden und konnten so die schoene Landschaft entlang der huegeligfelsigen Pazifikkueste und durch bluehende Kakteenwaelder auch gebuehrend bewundern. In La Serena angekommen wollten wir uns zuerst mal ein bisschen von den vergangenen Stad http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-258327.html I went paragliding yesterday Ive never been before so I was truly looking forward to it HOWEVER Why didnt anyone warn me about ... hm. lets just say that its highly likely to get MOTION SICKNESS when paragliding There should be a big warning on their website that says.. if you got a weak belly and are prone to motion sickness then take motion sickness pills No need to warn us that we wou http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-249600.html We staan vroeg op in La Paz om de bus naar Iquique Chili met overstap in Arica te nemen. Dit is buiten kijf de mooiste busrit in ons ZuidAmerikaans avontuur. all dan tot nu toe... Niet alleen krijgen we ontbijt een simpel broodje en almuerzo hamburgertje slaatje en rijst met daarbij een wijntje maar ook onze ogen worden hier volop verwend De bus moet een afdaling van 4000 meter http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-244905.html Dnesni den zacal velmi brzy v 8 hodin jsem dorazil do cestovky na Baquedanu na celodenni tour po okoli Iquique. Nevedel jsem presne co od toho ocekavat ale tesil jsem se hlavne na el Gigante de Atacama nejvetsi humanoidni geoglyf na svete 86 m. Nase vozitko byl jeden z tech japonskejch mikrobusu 4x4. Nas sofer a pruvodce v jedne osobe Jose z nejakyho duvodu polovina vsech mistnich jmena za http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-240638.html Autobusem jsem se presunul asi 450 km na severozapad do pobrezniho mesta Iquique. Sjizdime z hor a pod sebou vidim svetla mesta na pobrezi. Na nadrazi jsem odmitnul taxikare a vyrazil do nocnich ulic hledat ubytovani na vlastni pest. Par mistnich mi poradilo jednu ubytovnu pro bolivijce a peruance levnou ale neberou karty a ja mam posledni 4000 pesos v kapse a znova me zlobi karta u bankomatu. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-240089.html Iquique ein lausiger kleiner Ort. Im Dunkeln am fruehen Morgen schlaegt einem im Bus ein widerlicher Gestank entgegen. Noch im Halbschlaf faellt es schwer diesen einzuordnen. Sind es die Fuesse des Sitznachbarn Oh nein es ist Fischabfall vom nahen Hafen. Iquique selbst ist ein Urlaubsstaedtchen Strand und Hotels gepaart mit Armenvierteln. Ausser einer Westernstadtmaessigen Strasse ist der Re http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-239506.html Mitten in der Wueste befinden sich ein paar Huegel. Auf diesen Huegeln haben sich die Ureinwohner in der Zeit vom 2. bis 15 Jahrhundert in der Malerei versucht und auch erstaunliches zu Stande gebracht. Der Gigante de Atacama ist ein ca. 86 Meter hoher Geoglyph in den Berg geschabt.Die anderen Geoglyphen sind ungleich kleiner und viele haben auch eine Bedeutung. Derzeit werden sie auch restauri http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-239503.html La Paz Ende Dezember Weihnachten und im Januar http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-239146.html After leaving Danny in Uyuni we Craig and Jake set off back to San Pedro de Atacama. Although we spent three days on the road on the way out the return journey would take us less than one day. We took a more direct route back too and after a brief stop over arrived at 8 up at 3.30am in the middle of nowhere we headed for the border and back into Chile. Despite the little time we spent at o http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-231350.html Iquique is another beach resort so is again pretty quiet at this time of year. It039s even more cosmopolitan than Arica though and with some great beaches so I can imagine it would be a great place to holiday in the summer.Even the winter though there was enough to amuse us for a few days even if we did have to undertake a 12 hour tour one day in Spanish Despite not understandin http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-192864.html So almost three weeks into my trip and according to my plans of heading south in Chile then working my way up through Argentina I am currently in negative territory as I am 1465km north of Santiago where I started my trip about three weeks ago. Oh well for the opportunity to travel with friends it has been worth it. Iquique eekeykay is a destination I thought I would get to while living in http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-174296.html Last week was 'spring break' and we decided to escape the rainy season and head to the Chilean coast with Jason and Sara. We convinced Jason that 530am was a little too early to leave and we managed to postpone take off time to a more reasonable hour. The border crossing went relatively smoothly for Bolivian standards and after about half an hour of walking from building to building we were i http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-146921.html Travelling towards the north of the continent is a whole different world in itself compared to the southern cone. As mentioned before I went off to the city of Iquique to visit my cousin and her family. Iquique is just an urban oasis full of charm. It is surrounded by the most arid desert in the world Atacama Desert and all you can see around the city are huge stripped mountains massive dunes a http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-142543.html SO I finally made it to Chile yesterday morning. The bus ride from La Paz was killer but im so happy to be here. Yesterday Molly and I spendt most of the day on the beach relaxing and takin in some sun. Getting burnt was inevitable and the backs of my legs resemble ripe tomatoes. Somehow that was the only spot I managed to miss. Iquique is beautiful old style buildings and centered around it http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-133469.html I left Buenos Aires depressed and lonely. No more lovely Anna in my life. But I talked her into coming to LA at the end of her world tour in November. yay I caught a night bus from BsAs to Mendoza near the Chilean border. Then it was another 7 hour ride over the Andes to Santiago. Santiago is cool I didnt think I would love it but I did. I was there a few days before getting on a 28 hour bus to http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-121605.html Next time youre having a rubbish day at work I want you to consider the life and death of the unfortunate Juanita. Juanita is the most well preserved ice mummy in South America and after 500 years she isnt looking as bad as she might. Here is a girl raised to the age of 12 and kept pure and innocent for the sole purpose of being sacrificed to appease the mountain gods. When the time was right http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-111366.html Nous sommes arrivee au Nord du Chili apres 18 heures de bus on nous a laisse dormir 3 heures dans le bus dans le terminal car on est arrives a 4 heures du matin et il ne se passe rien a 4h am.Ici ca coute plus cher que la Bolivie et le Perou on va probablement boucher rapidement. Au moins il faut beau et chaud nous sommes au niveau de la mer tout pres de la plage et la sante des voyageurs v http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-85172.html This is combined entry because we spent so little time in each placeLast time we wrote we were in Lima staying at a lovely hostel with an almost too friendly hostel owner who was saving to go travelling and lived with his mum who had a Miss Haversham room.We then spent a day travelling to Iquique. This involved a flight from Lima to Tacna via Arequipa a colectivo taxi that fills up with 5 p http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-49204.html finally i started my trip up north whcih was suppose to happen early december.....well we went straight to copiapo 12hr drive because there alot of interesting things to do here but didnt end up doing it hahaha...the only thing we did is that we went to the beach called bahia inglesa english bay....which was really niiiice kinda tropical but with a desert as a backdrop....the water was clear http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-36053.html 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 theres 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 rath http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-27168.html Spent a couple days in the Coastal town of Iquique pronounced ekeykay in Norther Chile. It was strange to be back in Chile it seems so normal and relaxed after being in Bolivia and Peru. Almost done the week long excursion from Ecuador to Patagonia http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-14271.html