During some of the cold icy nights on the salt flat tour in Bolivia, we promised ourselves that we would go to a beach resort in Chile before we went home. We picked the city of Iquique in North Chile. The 15-hour day bus from La Paz to Iquique was quite scenic – passing some impressive volcanoes on the way – but it was way too long for us. Thankfully it would be our last long bus ride. Interestingly, even though we moved West, the time-zone in Chile is one hour ahead of Bolivia (normally it works the other way around).
After being high in the Andes for the previous 4 weeks (at altitudes between 2000m and 4000m) the first thing we noticed when we arrived was the sea air which was so refreshing! We had almost become accustomed to the thin air at altitude, and it was so nice to breathe in a full breath of air again :) It took us a few days to really get used to it.
Iquique wasn’t actually as hot as we were expecting, but it was still a pleasant climate to spend a 
few days in. We found a really nice hostel and met a few other travellers at one of the organised barbeques. During our time there, we managed to fit in a surf lesson and also, we finally got to try tandem paragliding. It doesn’t compare to skydiving but it was nice to spend 30 minutes in the air for a change! Iquique is apparently one of the few places in the world where you can paraglide over a city so we were treated to some fantastic views of the city before landing on the beach :)
few days in. We found a really nice hostel and met a few other travellers at one of the organised barbeques. During our time there, we managed to fit in a surf lesson and also, we finally got to try tandem paragliding. It doesn’t compare to skydiving but it was nice to spend 30 minutes in the air for a change! Iquique is apparently one of the few places in the world where you can paraglide over a city so we were treated to some fantastic views of the city before landing on the beach :)
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