Hostal Liming Iquique
Barros Arana 705 Iquique, Chile
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Oh i do love to be by the sea side.
... mill read a book she had found in the hostel.The run was tough in the heat, so when i had done about 3 miles i gave up and we went for dinner. When we were cooking, an American couple came in, a right pair of hippies, they started going on as Americans do "hey guys you wanna get yourselves down to the fish market its ******* awesome, check out these shellfish, there un****ing real man" i just ignored them, they did look good though, so might have to find the fish ...
A ghost town visit
... the world go by.
Enough day passed in this unusually sedentary manner that it was finally time to hunt down some groceries and test out our hostel's kitchen. It was a tight squeeze in the kitchen as many people were choosing the more economical route of making their own meals; apparently all at the same time.
We enjoyed our homecooked meal with a rather large bottle of Carmenere wine (a grape only found in Chile, and once thought to be extinct ...
The day before the day before I get home
... like large scissors instead of a lawn mower. I even say some guys trimming a football f field with a weed whacker. I am not making this up. Over.
The mineral boom of last century – nitrates to be specific – made this town rich as the port where they came and went – plus the copper mines that are also local. The resulting pollution and opulence remain whereas the nitrates are long gone or diminished. My new buddy Ruby (see ...
Birthday Paragliding!
... tranquil, like i imainge a bird feels and there were big vultures riding the thermals around us. Altogether about 45 minutes in the air above the city and the enormous sand dune near it before a very gentle landing on the beach. Spent the afternoon on the beach ...
Early Start Birthday
... a few hours kip I went to arrange the trip which has to wait until the 26th now, so I won't have time to visit the nitrate ghost mining town of Humberstone as well.
Had a walk around the town which is pretty nice, a small town with the Pacific Ocean on one side and surrounded by mountains, which go red/pink as the sun sets later in the day. Wandered down to the beach which is really nice, ...


