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Iquique Slideshow
Iquique
Travel Blogs from Iquique, Chile
Iquique PHOTOS!
A film set???
... out it was a public holiday, and that we´d missed the World Paragliding championship which had ended that day - damn!!! Apparantly Iquique is very good for paragliding, did think about it then got too lazy....... The next day was a trip to Zofir a ...
Near Humberstone ghost town
... map near to Iquique to see what I mean about the hairpins) is a town called Hospicio, from where people paraglide back down to Iquique. We were not so lucky and just had to pedal on up it. After a while the road straightened out but continued uphill. The ...
From Iquique to Arequipa
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 was the paragliding. I loved it, and to start off when we ran off ...
Chile: Iquique
... plane were amazing as it flew right up the coast of Chile and you could see the snow capped Andes in the distance. Iquique itself is situated between huge sand dunes and the sea and we were hoping to do some surfing. Unfortunately ...
Iquique
... saw some fighter planes go past. The noise they make is like someone tearing the sky. We knew we must be getting near to Iquique, as billboards started to appear, selling things we don't need (lots of car related stuff - stereos, chunky tyres). One hill ...
Iquique, Chile
So we are officially beach bums. Spent yesterday and today, laying restlessly on the sandy beaches in Iquique... soaking up the sun. Chile is so different than Peru. Chile is beautiful... so warm. It was probably 30 degrees today. Absolutely amazing. But ...
Leaving Iquique
Checking in again! So we are heading out today... leaving the beaches of beautiful Iquique. Aww... tear. Oh well, there´s only so much sun my freckled skin can take right! We are leaving on a Santiago bound bus tonight at 1730... and 25 hours later, we ...
To Iquique
... had planned to hit either it or Arica as a jumping off point to Peru. I chose Iquique because my friend Vanessa has a friend, Pedro, also from Chile but now residing in Calgary and working for an energy company that has some operations in this area ...
Early Arrival in Iquique
... about 5:30 am and were bustled into a taxi before we knew what was going on. We were taken to the Backpackers Hostal Iquique after talking to a German girl who was on the same bus and had a booking there. The accomodation was relatively cheap and the ...
Helado, helado!
... ik de volgende 2 weken op. Naast de mogelijkheid voor enkele adrenalineopwekkende sporten, is er vanuit een reizigersstandpunt in Iquique niet bijster veel te zien. Een gezellige drukte heerst in het centrum en op de wandelboulevard vol restaurants en ...
Happy New Years!
... north into Peru. Unfortunately, when we got to Oruro the bus station was closing and we just had time to get tickets to Iquique (also in Chile but about 4hrs south of Arica and not through the National Park) which was the only place in Chile buses were ...
Iquique
... fomé! They barely seemed interested. My students make a much better reggaeton show, and they don't even need music. Except for that, Iquique is a beach, surfiing and paragliding town, so I will be back when it's warmer. And I finally discovered a good ...
Back to Chile
... we are, on another 20 some hour bus ride (having just come off an overnight bus from Mendoza) to transport us from Santiago up to Iquique. No, you´re not reading an old journal entry, we are back in Chile. Not part of the original plan, but travel, as ...
Iquique - Round 2
... last week in South America could not have gone any better. After all the twists and turns along the way, we ended up back in Iquique for a second time, but this time our friends that we had met in Cusco (Blain and Graeme, the Canadians that we did Machu ...
Iquique in a day
Descending this morning at 4:30 A.M. through the blank sandy hills surrounding Iquique, gave me the sensation that we were flying in, as the pitch black of the sand dunes immediately surrounding us with the back drop of the city lights hundreds of meters ...
The day before the day before I get home
... to get back to normal life. (more on that subject later) But today – right now, I am in beautiful Iquique on the extreme northern coast of Chile. My hostal, which I was fortunate enough to find via another traveler on the late bus – Ruby ...
Our Independance Day Torture
... were forced to sleep on the bus until 6 in the morning....Men snoring..babies crying.. the whole bit. So we walked around Iquique for a bit thinking we would stay here over night but our plans soon changed after we walked passed a bus service to Santiago ...
... terug van de Noordelijke toer!
... ons in de eerstkomende maand - sober leven, beperkte consumptie, klein wonen, veel familiegevoel ... - een overvol strand in Iquique met het begin van de zomervakantie - die felle kleuren van de gevels, kompensatie voor de grijs-bruine woestijn ...
... op naar de Altiplano !
... Noord Chili. Een rit door de woestijn ... meestal GEEN enkel plantje te zien, ook niet langs de kust ... bizar!. Als we vanuit Iquique weer de Andes in rijden, met Oriol en Daniela voor een tour naar en door de Altiplano is de woestijn indrukwekkend, ...
A little Luxury, with sea-lions and pelicans too
... town and saw several school marching bands practicing for 21 May. This is a national public holiday commemorating the battle of Iquique during the War of the Pacific with Peru at the end of the 19th Century. Strangely for a celebration, Chile ...
