Feb 27, 2007 - Iquique

Ah, finally, a truly hot, sandy, whumping beach and surf location. Chilled out here for a good few days roasting my pasty cellulite whilst Fuzz cowered from the sun under a hired beach umbrella. This place, trapped between the Pacific Ocean and the Atacama Desert, is a scorcher. The town is literally trapped. The Atacama Desert, which is the driest desert on the planet, stretches for miles back towards the Andes, but stands up aggressively at the coast in the shape of 200 metre high sand dunes that are perfect for sand boarding, but trap...