{"id":167,"date":"2015-03-06T08:54:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T15:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2015-03-06T08:54:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T15:54:09","slug":"iquique-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"Iquique, Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iquique (pronounced ee-KEE-kay) is a port city in northern Chile. It lies on the Pacific coast and is part of the Atacama Desert. This area receives less than 2 inches of annual rainfall. The city developed in the heyday of the saltpeter mining in the Atacama desert in the 19th century. Interesting enough, it was a Peruvian city with a large Chilean population. It was ceded to Chile as a result of the War of the Pacific in 1879.
\nToday it plays home to surfers, hotels, resorts and casinos. Located in a golden crescent of coastline, it is among the best beach resorts in Chile. The big draw is the surfing. Consistently large swells are enjoyed be many surfers year round.<\/p>\n

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Beach scene.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Another<\/a>
Another shot of the popular beach area. Notice the mountains in the background and how dry they are. Zero vegetation there. Not sure is any life is able to be supported there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Check<\/a>
Check out the wiring here. I wonder if it is up to code? Wait till you see the last pic of some local power lines. Crazy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pastel<\/a>
Pastel colored high rises are common here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Two<\/a>
Two chileans having a chat in the shade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Georgian-style<\/a>
Georgian-style architecture from the 19th-century is found all around. Some has been well preserved and restored.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Hey<\/a>
“Hey my power is out.” Look at these power lines. Almost creates a convoluted work of art. I’d hate to be the guys that have to work on this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iquique (pronounced ee-KEE-kay) is a port city in northern Chile. It lies on the Pacific coast and is part of the Atacama Desert. This area receives less than 2 inches of annual rainfall. The city developed in the heyday of the saltpeter mining in the Atacama desert in the 19th century. Interesting enough, it was … Continue reading Iquique, Chile<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthlylocomotion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}