Hostal Liming Iquique

... which wasnt too expensive and saved us a good 25 hours..the rest of our days was mostly composed of walking around and realizing that being in chile would require a new wardrobe where we could no longer look like mountain trekking bums, but rather some semblance of city people, this included the epic search for shoes for eddie, and take note: size 12 does not exist in south america, not ...

... starting. The first 4 days at Palo Buque were spent practicing ground handling the glider. Because the pilot hangs from the glider like a pendulum in mid air, things are perfectly stable. Before takeoff the ground supports the pilot's weight instead so the glider needs to be balanced, like an upside down pendulum above the pilots head. It always want to fall left or ...

... we took pictures from the car, mainly because the ticket man said not to walk around due to the heat and you can´t climb the hills anyway as you would damage the shapes. We stayed in another hostel here although had our own room. It was OK but felt the staff were a bit unfriendly and there was a lot of noise at night despite supposed quiet zones and times. One of the best things we saw were the birds which came to roost in ...

... A bunch of people that from the trek and I met for wood oven pizzas in Puerto Natales once it was all done to reminisce. I felt like we had all been to war together. Yesterday I got on a flight to the North (Iquique), where I am now. First impression of this place is like being on another planet. Sand everywhere.. a desert with no plants. 300 000 people living in the world´s driest place (it never rains).. it´s quite surreal. Glitzy casinos and ...

... bongo drum in some way warrants more than 3 taps. For Chirst sake.... does this **** bore the **** out of anyone else? Bad timing indeed, it was the Israeli convention of ****ing bongo drums at my hostel!!!!! For a good 5 hours they girated themsleves against the drums. Talk about timing!!!!! They have the rhythm of a one legged geriatrics walking frame...tap..tap-a-dee- thwump...... The street with the sniffers and the pack-o ...

... hit the beach again. The following morning the 4 of us headed out to Humberstone. Humberstone is a ghost-town, that until the 1960s service as a "nitrate town" in the middle of the Atacama Desert. Needless to say, it was super hot out there. We enjoyed wandering around and through all the old buildings though. The former pool, the theatre, school, grocery, houses and factories. In fact, we ended up spending several hours ...

... a huge one! Good thing it didn't hurt as bad as we hear they usually do. His leg was red for the rest of the day but that's about it. I had offered to pee on the sting as that is supposed to help the pain, but Brian quickly declined. No, I really wouldn't do that - I bet I could have found someone that would have though. The locals in Iquique have very unique was of celebrating Christmas. Even though we only were there until the 21st, it was amazing ...

... Maschinen, Wohnhaeuser, 1 Theater, 1 Schwimmbad und alles was sonst noch in eine Stadt gehoert. Beide Staedte gehoeren heute zum Unesco Weltkulturerbe. Unser naechster Halt sind die "Pintados". hierbei handelt es sich um etwa 355 Geoglyphen, die die Huegelwaende dekorieren und etwa aus den Jahren 500-1450 nach Christus stammen. Zu sehen sind viele Tiere, aber auch Formen und Jagdszenen usw. Gegen 14.00 Uhr kommen wir in Pica, einer Oasenstadt mitten ...

... that I was going be be kidnapped or something !! But it turned out it was his farther in laws car. Met up with Alejandro´s wife and his mates wife and then walked to the party on the base. On the way we met up with another friend of theirs and went off to the party. The party was great, no photos though for the usual reason, but I wish I had taken it along. The national dance of Chile is called the Cueca and there ...

... why tourists come here, is because it feels as in being brought back in time. There can be seen a lot of the old buildings, such as the theater, town church, bakery, the clock tower of the main square and the wokers' camps. Humberstone is so special, that it has been made a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is this the short description given by them:<br><br>"Humberstone and Santa Laura works contain over 200 former saltpeter<br>works where workers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia lived ...