Thursday, 13 May 2010

Places I Visited



I usually go on vacation to the north of Chile. That is because my mom's family lives there. When I was younger all my cousins lived in Iquique and I loved going there, I spent two months every summer living with them. I went with my family (parents, brother and sister), but they spent less time because they had to go back because of work, my sister was too young to stay alone and my brother didn't like my cousins very much.
I don't remember dates, but we visited many places near the city, for example "Pica"(hot baths) or the "Salitreras". This was because on year my family decided that we had to know these places because of all the history they had. So we went by car with my 4 cousins, the trip itself wasn't very comfortable but as we were young and excited because of the new places we were going to visit we didn't claim.
I really didn't find these places so beautiful, as the "Salitreras" were not longer in use, the place was desolated and the constructions were very poor. I know that this should be what makes it cooler from other places but I didn't find it so nice. Even so, I had a great time during the trip, laughing and playing with my cousins.

Now a days they moved to Antofagasta so this summer I went there, but we really didn't went on a trip, was only sharing time in the city as being in Santiago, but with seashore.

3 comments:

  1. cool you went to the north, i went to Iquique once wen I was little,it was fun but because i love the sea xD

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  2. these places are abandoned, right? I like that :D it's fun to go see abandoned places because you can see traces of the people and the life that place used to have, even decades ago~

    this sure is interesting, I liked it!

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  3. I would likt to visit all these places. I've been to Iquique once ages ago!!

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