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South America » Chile » Tarapacá » Iquique June 28th 2011

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 doesn’t 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 rumours of a national strike on Monday are true. These are quickly confirmed and when we ask how long the strike will go on for we are told a day... maybe 2... maybe all week. With it being Saturday we decide it is best to book 2 bus tickets to Chile for Sunday as we can’t risk getting ... read more
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South America » Chile » Tarapacá » Iquique June 4th 2011

After waiting in Antofagasta for 2 weeks for a package from home we eventually got back on the road to head to Iquique. From Antofagasta it's a 410km coastal road to Iquique, with the Atacama desert on one side and the Pacific on the other. The road hugs the coastline the whole way, never more than a couple of hundred metres from the sea, so we had some nice views of the coast while we were riding. On the first day we discovered that Jake's rear rim had a massive crack in it, which gave him a puncture from the inside. We gaffa taped the rim so that he could carry on riding and prayed it would last to Iquique which it did luckily! We arrived in Iquique early on the fifth day and found a ... read more

South America » Chile » Tarapacá » Iquique April 17th 2011

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 breeze at night. The city has some colonial aspects, and it was actually part of Peru until after the War of the Pacific in 1879 when Chile won the territory. Sarah and I spent most of our our time surfing, sandboarding, paragliding / parapenting and generally enjoying the chilled beach scene. (I also managed to sneak in a few games of ... read more
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South America » Chile » Tarapacá » Iquique March 9th 2011

Playa se surfers. Playas admirables- Ciudad 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. ... read more
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Playa tranquila

South America » Chile » Tarapacá » Iquique January 12th 2011

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 mummy, it was very interesting! We then had ice cream, ate some empanadas and went to a church which was very beautiful and tranquil inside. Me and Stacey like sitting in churches, its so peaceful and quiet. Then we met up with a friend we met in Buenos Aires, called Lucy, and we had argentinian steak for the first time......it was amazing!!!! So nice, ... read more

South America » Chile » Tarapacá » Iquique December 6th 2010

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. It´s 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 full days at the beach with new friends from the hostel eating, talking and laughing. For those of you looking for a good chill beach in South America, Iquique is the place to go. ... read more

South America » Chile » Tarapacá » Iquique August 16th 2010

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 charge of looking after us for our stay - Lify spoke perfect English so communication wasn't a problem and the other two Spanish speakers were easy to communicate with despite the language barrier. We were lucky enough to be staying in an appartment which was for rent which was small but perfectly adequate for ... read more
Traditional dancing
Pisco!
Iquique seafront at night

South America » Chile » Tarapacá » Iquique July 26th 2010

27th july 2010 Been 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 Arica a few months ago, I'm not sure I will ever get used to them. We spent our last few days in Putre pottering, John being the adventurous sort had expressed a desire to climb a nearby mountain called Taapaca which stands at an impressive 5800 metros, he took off early afternoon which the intention ... read more
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South America » Chile » Tarapacá » Iquique May 7th 2010

Reencuentros y nuevas aventuras de verano 2010 ... read more
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Vista nocturna en luna llena

South America » Chile » Tarapacá » Iquique February 27th 2010

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 wind en uit de verkeerde richting. Dit was zo gedurende de volgende drie dagen. Na 4 dagen wachten zijn we dan met spijt in het hart vertrokken. Toen we daar waren vond er op 27 februari omstreeks 3.30u 's nachts een vreselijke aarbeving plaats in Concepcion met een meting van 8.8 op de schaal van richter. Wij waren ontzettend blij dat we 10 dagen eerder het rampengebied ... read more
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