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By the Seaside
Apr 1, 2006
(1 photo)
"About 4 hrs south of Arica by bus is the seaside town of Iquique, who´s name conjurns up images of swaying coconut palms, gentle rustic villages, and dark women in grass skirts. It ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
rachel_john
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water, water everywhere ....
Mar 7, 2006
"It's an interesting phenomenon that the country which was responsible for the death of Che Guevara is now probably the biggest merchandiser of Che paraphernalia ever. I myself was ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
helene
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Trip to North Chile
Feb 3, 2008
(4 photos)
"I haven´t yet written so much about Chile although we have spent almost two weeks here...So I will start again with our stay in Iquique, and will try to catch up on the previous st ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
benjamine
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chile
Dec 19, 2007
(9 photos)
"So we ended up in Chile... after crossing the border we went straight to a coastal desert town called Iquique which the lonely planet described as very nice with lots of adventurou ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
yasminboers
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Surf city!!
Nov 6, 2007
"Once we landed safely we got a taxi through the desert and managed to find ourselves an ok hostel, not quite the holiday inn though. Next we searched for a travel agency whic ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
sarahandaimee
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Remonter le Chili
Jun 25, 2005
(9 photos)
"Après un copieux petit dèj, direction l'ordinateur de l'hôtel pour vérifier s'il y a une solution miracle à notre problème d'ordinateur. Pas vraiment. La routine s'installe de nouv ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
siegfried_h.
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No more chicken and rice!
Oct 11, 2006
"Purely a destination of convenience, the point at which we skip a couple of thousand miles of bus journey and take the sensible option of a flight. Iquique is a bizarre town that f ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
emma_steve80
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The Twilight Zone
Oct 12, 2007
(3 photos)
"As our plan lifted off from La Paz, a loud squeal and vibration came from the wings. I didn´t think too much about it at the time. During the flight we had several abru ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
itsgotime
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Iquique
Mar 7, 2006
(5 photos)
"Hi everyone! This is not going to be a very exciting entry! We took a 22 hour bus ride (thats right 22 LONG LONG HOURS!!) from Santiago to a town called Iquique which is in the nor ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
tennille
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Beach, heat and impressive cliffs
Jan 31, 2008
(16 photos)
"Squeezed between the ocean and steep cliffs of the desert brown mountain range, this is a major beach town packed with Chilean tourists....and me! Check it out on the map. ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
stevelegassick
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Iquique
Jan 4, 2008
(6 photos)
"Iquique ist auch schon Geschichte, ich bin jetzt in Tacna, die erste Stadt in Peru nach der Grenze, und warte auf meinen Bus nach Cuzco. Auf dem Weg von Antofagasta nach Iquique ha ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
floriparan
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Getting a bit chilly
Dec 3, 2007
"12 hour bus journeys are never fun. Particularly not when you've had very little sleep. So when the hostel you're in decides it's going to have an "80s night" before your 7am bus, ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
matt72
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My trip to the desert
Jul 30, 2006
(24 photos)
"Hey people! So being in Chile is pretty great so far. My first impression of Santiago was noise and pollution, but its the kind of place that you need to know where to go, you can' ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
tonydd
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Sea and Sky
Dec 12, 2007
(11 photos)
"After another full day of travelling before I arrived in Iquique on December 12. Crossing into Chile was a bit of a shock to the system. After the last couple of months ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
beyondwpg
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To the beach
Oct 2, 2004
"Oje de Chile! A lot has happened since our adventures on Lake Titicaca... it seems like that was such a long time ago. We left Puno and headed southwest to a town in Peru called Ar ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
julieandpete
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Iquique - our last stop in Chile
Jul 1, 2007
(3 photos)
"We had quite a long bus journey to get to Iquique and we arrived at about 10:30pm on Saturday night. The Turbus we took was ok but not as comfy as the JAC bus. The hostel own ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
vblowry2000
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The finest waves of wind and water
Oct 12, 2004
(5 photos)
"In Iquique I've found exhiliration and frustration. My busride from Arica to here, which travels the Panamerican highway through some of the most desolate and arid terrain this sid ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
manuelgomez
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Iquique
Aug 23, 2007
"Only stayed one night here for transit to the airport the next day. Not much to say about it really........It's a small town with a good surf beach that is overlooked by - yes, dry ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
tsargood
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Iquique
Nov 26, 2007
(4 photos)
"Hola from Iquique, my second stop here in Chile. The bus ride from Arica was fairly uneventful, though for some reason there was a border control-like stop where the driver h ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
alexp02
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A feeling of the ghosts of yesterday.
Feb 23, 2007
"I dined tonight, tempted with the 2 pound board menu at "The Flying Cloud Clipper Inn". It is an old timber double fronted building with railed front verandahs on both the upper an ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
womblepeter
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Iquique Chilie. Warm weather cold water big waves
Apr 5, 2006
(21 photos)
"Our flight to Santiago went very smoothly and only took 2 hours. We also got a great view flying over the Andes. We had decided we would not stay in Santiago and try to get a bus t ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
jbs
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From Arequipa (Peru) to Iquique (Chile)
Feb 16, 2008
(13 photos)
"We left in order to fly from Arequipa to Tacna. When we arrived in Tacna, we met Samy, a French guy. Samy was heading for Chile as well, so we decided to take a taxi together ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
dmf2007
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Eek, keekee
May 13, 2008
(3 photos)
"The northern trek to La Serena was a transition from the fruit valleys to the Atacama desert. As we continue north up the coastline we discover Chile to be a beautiful desolate pla ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
ddgfraser
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Ghost Town
May 8, 2007
(15 photos)
"I am going to stop somewhere and get physio on my knee soon. Then I hope to update all of the entries. Its just that I´m so busy, and lazy too! ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
finn_steve
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Bit of beach time
Jul 6, 2006
(3 photos)
"My bus arrived in Iquque around 4 am, but they let us sleep on the bus until 8. After finding a hostel and having a little nap, I went out to buy my bus ticket to Santiago, and che ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
wyoming20
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Two Ghost Towns
Apr 4, 2005
(2 photos)
"A four-hour bus ride took me to Iquique, a little further down the coast. Unsurprisingly, it was one of the worst buses I´ve been on so far as it was going through the desert in th ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
thewer
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Iquique in transit to San Pedro de Atacama
Jan 9, 2008
"Iquique. A nice place, although not one you would recommend to your best friend. A nice enough beach, well two beaches to be exact, and quite unique setting in that there are 600 m ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
sbarclay
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Iquique and La Serena
Jan 15, 2008
(17 photos)
"Roos and I said goodbye in Camaná and there I was again on my own. I headed down to Tacna, the Peruvian border town so I could take a shared taxi the next morning to cross the bord ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
ernamaria
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Getting out of Dodge
May 30, 2005
(1 photo)
"When we were in Antarctica, the expedition leader kept reminding us that "it was an expedition and we should always remember the "f" word". Over the past few days we have been cons ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
hdh
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Iquique
Dec 23, 2006
(11 photos)
"So instead of hanging around Arica to see the mummies and do nothing for Christmas, I decided to take up my friend Vinko´s invitation to stay in Iquique for free at the hostel. I s ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
marieee
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Iquique - Chile
Nov 16, 2006
(11 photos)
"We set off early in the morning said our goodbyes to Anna and Aidan and caught a bus to the Chilean border. The border crossing was straightforward thanks to the help of a taxi dri ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
eve-michael
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Chile
Nov 6, 2007
"Down from the high altiplano to the coastal desert, where every now and then a surprisingly large city appears. The duty free zone here is one of the few places that a gringo ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
brickyardfarm
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Iquique
Nov 3, 2007
(15 photos)
"What more could you ask for after Arica, or maybe we just didnt have enough of the beaches, so we hit Iquique which is Chiles premier northern beach resort. We did limit ourselves ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
garth_travel
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Arica?
Jul 16, 2006
(2 photos)
"Arica=crazy. That pretty much sums it up. Our crazy hostel turned out to be even crazier than we thought. At first we thought it was pretty nice, with cable tv and comfy beds, and ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
acadia51
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zon, zee, strand
Feb 5, 2007
(3 photos)
"mmmmmkay.... aangekomen in cordoba met men gebroken pootje en dus tijd om nog eens een beetje op het net te zetten. Het verhaal van de gebroken poot komt in de volgende entry ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
jefweyns
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To Iquique
Sep 30, 2007
(3 photos)
"There was a ripper of a party across the street last night. Woke up at about one a.m. to the sound of 'Stay' by Lisa Loeb at full blast. Avril Lavigne was also featured ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
superg
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Iquique
Nov 13, 2006
(2 photos)
"We left La Paz and started our journey down to Santiago. Being on a budget we decided that flying down was not an option. So instead we took the local Bolivian bus (costing 8 pound ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
lauraanddanny
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Our Independance Day Torture
Jul 4, 2007
(3 photos)
"I don't consider myself as much of a complainer. Only a few things get to me in life....but when I am on a bus ride that is supposed to take only 11 hours and turns into 18... I ge ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
ryanvanotten
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From Iquique to Arequipa
Jun 6, 2008
(41 photos)
" Chili was not very exciting, much more European, no funny women with colourful clothes and bolar hats like there are everywhere in Peru and Bolivia. The nice part ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
wyne_finnerty
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San Pedro de Atacama a Calama - km 3450
Jan 6, 2008
(1 photo)
"Acordei cedo, em torno de 10 da manha, ainda estava me recuperando da passagem por Jama. Ao me preparar para sair, a garota brasileira que havia chegado enquanto eu saia aa noite v ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
carollo
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Paragliding jitters
Sep 18, 2006
"Early in the morning, after a carefully rationed breakfast at the hostel, I was picked up for my first flight in Iquique. We reached the site at Alto Hospicio and I was taken in by ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
neelmullick
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Iquique
Apr 28, 2007
"Well we´ve made Iquique our resting grounds for a couple of days before moving onto Peru ... hopefully where it´s less expensive. Iquique is a nice town full of lodging and a ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
micalan
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Iquique, City Tour
Apr 7, 2006
"I took an early bus from Arica to Iquique. Try to catch Collectivo at Mapti street to the international bus stop. A lot more cheaper.All the bus companies charge 5000 Peso for the ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
canadiansmiley
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Iquique
Sep 19, 2006
"- ruhiger Tag in Iquique: alles zu - kurz am Strand - Höhepunkt: Cafe Cioccolata ..."
A travel blog entry from Iquique by
gattidimonaco
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