 highway over Iquique |
 Pelican stance |
 sealions fighting for fishhead scraps |
 Iquique port |
 bird perch |
 Iquique 'old west' saloon entertainment |
 Plaza Prat |
 renovated Baquedano |
 Georgian wooden architecture |
 19th-century port town |
 Playa Saint Tropez to Playa Cavancha |
 Torre Reloj |
 Club Español |
 reading on Bahia Inglesa |
 white, azure and black |
 beautiful Chilean bay |
 Elqui Valley Papaya plantation |
 Chilean Papayas |
 perfect for a Serena Libre! |
 The Elqui River |
 view of the lower Elqui Valley |
 Elqui dam |
 man-made lake in the Elqui Valley |
 2 villages lie under the new lake |
 Planta Capel - distillery |
 famous Chilean Pisco brand |
 pisco - pure alcohol |
 Capel packaging factory |
 cacti collection |
 rose-blushed |
 The Rio Claro meets the Rio Turbio to form the Elqui river |
 Pisco vineyards |
 cathedral in Pisco Elqui |
 Pisco Elqui's main square |
 Monte Grande tower - home of Gabriel Mistral |
 Vicu¡¦ towers |
 valley views from Monte Grande |
 Mamalluca Observatory |
 sunset leads the way to a starry night |
 the equipment |
 telescope to the Southern hemisphere's night sky |
 Reunion with Chris White |
 catching up... |
 Family feast on New Year's Eve in La Serena |
 Chris, the gentleman |
 Tobias and Philip |
 Donkey love |
 midnight abrazos and toasts |
 Salud! |
 the boys watching fireworks |
 Sarah and Chris with Fernando and Sonya |
 more extranjeros (except for the Chilean beauty) |
 Here's at ya! |
 New Years day |
 playing crappy pool |
 The Chilean boys waiting for their turn |
 small bay south of Coquimbo |
 white sand waves |
 hot sand, freezing water |
 no towel? |
 'recovering' |
 helado on the La Serena coast |
 sunset over Coquimbo |
 Fray Jorge National Park - coastal cloud forest |
 floral-like succulent |
 cactus flowers in the mist |
 our amigo in a Valdivian Cloud forest |
 yellow cups |
 cactus and wheat fields |
 lunch in Los Vilos |
 soccer on Los Vilos beach |