http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Chile , Tarapacá , Iquique en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 19:33:40 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:33:40 +0000 Hasta Luego LatinoamricaWe say Adios to Latin America as the Six Monthers prepare for the next phase of our travels. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-787413.html Aujourdhui aprs une nuit bien rparatrice nous partons pour Humberstone une ville minire de production de nitrate de sodium et de salptre de la fin du XIXme sicle dserte depuis les annes 60 suite sa fermeture maintenant classe par lUNESCO.Rien voir avec le cote Disney western aseptis que peut avoir la ville fantme que javais visite en Californie http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-784612.html Voyage de nuit pour arriver Iquique 5h du mat et on a eu de la chance des lits sont libres dans lauberge donc nous allons rajouter quelques heures de sommeil aux courtes nuits prcdentes. Et comme javais en tte de faire du parapente ici je minscris pour un saut 13h pas le temps de chmer juste une petite balade au bord de locan dchain et des apprentis surfeurs http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-784608.html Another 8 hour bus ride through endless mountains of nothing but dirt not even a single cactus landed me in Iquique at the biggest hostel that I39d stayed at to date. Backpackers Hostel Iquique was made up of two massive three story houses that were joined together and boasting an assortment of balconies overlooking the beach which was just over the road. After a night out with James and our http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-762730.html Day 307 Monday 13th AugustUp at 8 and after our breakfast we once again were packing our bags for a day of travelling. Checked out without a problem and got the hotel to ring for a taxi for us. At the bus terminal we had a choice of companies that would take us to Iquique and settled on one that looked okay and would leave at 11.30 which gave us a 90 minute wait. The last couple of bus terminals http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-738170.html Iquqiue is really Ique Ique. I learnt this fact whilst wandering about the regional museum today. It is the local indiginous word meaning peace and tranquility. I can see what they mean. With constant sunshine great beach around the corner the ocean sweeping in surfing paragliding it will be difficult to leave but leave I must. I have visited so far 11 of the 12 regions of Chile and have one http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-712764.html So as this is the best place to launch yourself off a mountain and land in a beach best give it a go. Mind you can think of one or two people who I used to work with and I use the term work very loosely here who I would gladly push of a mountain and rather than a safe landing on a beach a ing hard landing on the head the shute still in my hand as I watch them plummet. I won39t mention an http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-712212.html Question how do you get from 2800 meters above sea level to sea level in a large busAnswer very very slowly The journey to Iquique was a negotiation of the Andes and its valleys. Long a steep 39S39 and 39U39 bends. Outside the bus window nothing but dust and a railway track following the line of the road. Away in the distance mines producing valuable nitrates bought down to the rai http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-712119.html Dating a Geek in 2010 is not going to reflect on you in a Geekish way like it would have once ahead of. Now a times being labeled a Geek does not actually mean you might be a GeekGeeks are the one39s responsible for setting the tone of our futures provided that the web and personal computers practically run our lives. Geek Ville is setting the developments of engineering and let us confront i http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-704181.html Not a shred of green graces the highway out of Calama all the way to the Pacific Ocean as we head towards Iquique the capital of Region I Tarapac. The city sprawls along the coast hemmed in by enormous sand dunes and desolate brown hills which tower over its white sandy beaches. After the dustiness of Calama and the highaltitude tranquility of San Pedro it feels rather odd to arrive in Iquiq http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-697216.html Day 1 We flew from Santiago to Iquique on Sky Airlines their office is based in Santiago and very accessible. We were to be in the care of the Guides and Scouts of Iquique. We arrived at the teeny airport to find two taxi drivers battling it out on who was supposed to be picking us up We got in the taxi having no idea where we were going but we were eventually met by some women who were in http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-676633.html Day 147 150 After a change to our flight apparently Bolivian politicians took our seats we end up back in La Paz after 2 dodgy Aero Sur flights and one stop in Santa Cruz. Slight scare when my bag doesnt show up in the baggage reclaim but after some panicky Spanish we find out it came on the politician plane and is safe in another room.After checking in we set out to find out if the rumou http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-622990.html Iquique is a beautiful port city located in northern Chile on the pacific coast. Its location generates a seemingly perfect climate if you are like us and love the sun the city has the beautiful beach on one side and the Atacama Desert on the other. They normally receive about three days or less of with rain each year The weather was beautiful while we were there too warm days with a nice http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-605524.html Playa se surfers. Playas admirablesCiudad de gente amable cordial. Una ciudad muy tranquila.Una curiosidad son los carteles que indican hacia donde ir por que es zona de peligro de Tsunamis. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-584632.html So in our last few days in Salta we managed to do quite a few things we went to a museum for high altitude archeaology There they had mummies that were excavated from the andes mountains. They were the bodies of Inca children who had been sacrificed on the mountain and buried alive. Because of the high altitude cold climate and the surroundings they were preserved and you could clearly see the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-560039.html After an unexpected short overnight bus we made it to Iquique. We got to the hostel at 5am where the awesome owner let us sleep in one of the couches until it was a reasonable time for them to let us into our room 8am. This hostel is awesome. Its name is Backpackers Hostel and part of the Hostelling International chain. It is literally 30 seconds away from the beach. Lucy and I spent our two f http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-551348.html Some stuff I saw on the way from San Pedro de Atacama to Iquique http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-541245.html 27th july 2010Been a while since I updated so its time for a ramble On 27th June as I sat in the kitchen in Chakana when the earth moved ye ha but no another tremor now living in this area of the world I should be used to them but this is not the case..I am terrified my heart rate accelerates I go weak at the knees and this all started with the reasonably big one we experienced in A http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-518446.html Reencuentros y nuevas aventuras de verano 2010 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-495908.html Speciaal naar iquique gegqqn omdat dit een van de beste plaatsen in de wereld is om te leren paragliden. De eerste avond mochten we mee gaan kijken naar de paragliders om vervolgens te beslissen of we een cursus wilden volgen. het idee om als mens te vliegen leek ons gewoon fantastisch. de volgende dag vertrokken voor een cursus te volgen maar jammer genoeg waren de condities niet goed. teveel w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Tarapaca/Iquique/blog-484825.html