La Portada Antofagasta

Zaterdag 21 juli (dag 1)

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Vandaag beginnen we aan onze 6-daagse bustour met Pachamama (= moeder aarde in Quechua, god voor de Inca's) vanuit Santiago naar San Pedro de Atacama, zo'n 2000km verderop in het Noorden van Chili. We hadden ook een rechtstreekse nachtbus van 24 uur kunnen nemen, maar we denken tijd genoeg te hebben en zo zien we …

... with graffiti, but it is still a grand sight. Our final destination for the day was Antofagasta. Before we went to our hostel, we visited La Portada Cliffs. Here there was a fantastic natural stone archway in the ocean. It looked awesome from the ...

... do. Spending Christmas and the New Year with Pedro and his family, and it has been great! On the very first day, we visited La Portada (an amazing rock arch just outside of AF and a bit of a national icon), the sunset there was amazing! The best ...

... Our river guide on the Fú had recommended it as a great place to see a natural monument - an interesting rock formation called La Portada, off shore just out of town. It is also conveniently about 10 hours from La Serena which is close to ...

... Pacific War in the late 19th century, thus leaving Bolivia without any coastline. Before getting to our hostel in Antofagasta, we visited the La Portada cliffs and viewed the rock formations as the sun started to set.  Once at the hostel, Jorik ...

... and isolated incidents involving poo and pubes). On the way to the airport we got our taxi driver to make a minor diversion to see La Portada, a large sea arch up the coast from the city, which is the symbol of this region of Chile. It´s ...

... ad the ocean was a little overwhelming after the desert. We drove along the seafront to he far end of town to look at La Portada an impressive sea arch which sits just offshore. Daylight was fading and, much to Jorge's consternation, we missed the ...

... it here. We stand for some photos and head on our way again. After driving for another couple of hours we reach Antofagasta and make our way to La Portada Cliffs. Here there's a sea arch and a very rugged coastline. Not as pretty as the Great Ocean ...

... zeehonden en een reuze schildpad gezien. de honderden pelikanen van in de reisgids waren nergens te bespeuren ... In de late nammidag met Nicole naar La portada gaan kijken. Daarna een rustig oudejaar gevierd, wel mooi vuurwerk gezien vanop het ...

... haben das Wahrzeichen von Antofagasta bestaunt: der Steinbogen nördlich der Stadt. Today we drove from San Pedro de Atacama to Antofagasta. After checking in we drove to the most famous place - as far as I know - in/around Antofagasta: la ...

... and a sea front avenue to help make it more pleasant for the people.   The first thing we did in Antofogasta was check out La Portada cliffs, a rock formation in the sea shaped like a gigantic arch - great view.  Then we checked in to our ...