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accommodation in Antofagasta

Posted by mmbcross

Not much choice is there? Best I can do is to pass on the Trip Advisor recommendations, though it seems Antofagasta is not exactly the most popular place to stay in Chile. Antofagasta doesn't even have a Craig's List!!

Giant hand in the Chilean desert!

Posted by semi-backpacker

... have been asleep when she passed it, as it says it is located beside the PanAmerican Highway just south of Antofagasta. It's a great excuse to return to Chile. Looks like I actually didn't pass it! :-) I flew into Calama, which is way to ...

accommodation in Antofagasta

Posted by wands

Can anyone recommend accommodation in Antofagasta for about a week in October. Prefer self contained 1 bedroom apartment but any suggestions would help. Also any suggestions on return travel from Santiago to Antofagasta would be helpful. Ta

Santiago to Cuzco ... and back???

Posted by mmbcross

... of long-distance buses: Bus companies in Chile The route suggested by Eileen is the best: San Pedro de Atacama (skipping Antofagasta), Iquique, Arica, Arequipa, from Arequipa take the direct bus to Cusco. In Cusco take the trip to Machu Picchu, but ...

Giant hand in the Chilean desert!

Posted by mmbcross

... also a giant photo!!!! Here it is more in prospective: Backpacker must have been asleep when she passed it, as it says it is located beside the PanAmerican Highway just south of Antofagasta. It's a great excuse to return to Chile.

Iguazu Falls to Lima

Posted by mmbcross

... 12 to 13 hours. Semi-sleeper. Here you have an option to carry on up through Bolivia, or cross the Andes to Antofagasta in Chile. Twice weekly buses to Antofagasta from Salta (via San Pedro de Atacama) departing Tuesdays and Fridays at 07:00 hours x 14 ...

Route Advice please!!!

Posted by mmbcross

... Bolivian railway site in Spanish (Doesn't include Corumba-Sta. Cruz line) Times may have changed, but the transandine train from Antofagasta to Salta must be one of the world's great train rides. Regrettably, according to Wikipedia, the line is ...

Travelling in Bolivia

Posted by mmbcross

... have little on it... Anyone had any delays or problems (out of the usual Bolivian schedules...) Anyone taken the train from Antofagasta to Uyuni? I agree 100% with Rhinosride. Don't miss Bolivia. From what I can see from the railway website (only ...

Travelling in Bolivia

Posted by veromarcos

... our travels in S America - some have given it a miss while others have stated no problems. The newspapers have little on it... Anyone had any delays or problems (out of the usual Bolivian schedules...) Anyone taken the train from Antofagasta to Uyuni?

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