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The Craze for Travelling The South American Odyssey
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- Nov 27, 2017, 6:40 PM
- 🌫 27 °C
- Altitude: 1,260 m
- Chile Aguada El Sauque -20.50667, -69.35520°30’24” S 69°21’18” W
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Off from Pica
November 27, 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌫 27 °C
Around 3 pm, we decided to go for lunch. We checked at the counter and were told that we could go out and come back on our tickets as long as it was within 2 hours. We went outside the thermas. Just across was a restaurant serving food. We went in with our wet swimming shots and barefoot/water sandals since we didn't want to change, dress up again and then change back again to swimming shorts. But that was ok in the heat of the day😉😎😎
We were back in the pool within an hour and then continued with the fun. By now, there were many more people in the pool. We went out at about 5:30 pm, picked up our laundry and then our bags at the hotel and were off.
The plan was to go towards Iquique and on the way see the geoglyphs of cerro pintados. Then just sleep any place along the highway when it gets dark. That way, we could see the Humberstone ghost town on the way back to Arica next day.Read more
Traveler Haristo is a Brahmin as he is wearing JANEO.😀😀😀
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The Craze for Travelling 😂😂😂😂
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- Nov 27, 2017, 2:04 PM
- 🌫 0 °C
- Altitude: 1,399 m
- Chile Pica -20.485, -69.3166720°29’6” S 69°19’0” W
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Facepacks on the guys
November 27, 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌫 0 °C
Having nothing else to do till we get our laundry back at 5 pm, we decided to follow the locals and try the mud packs. We found some stones and started rubbing them on the rock inside the cave. We used the paste to cover our faces 😁Read more
Traveler Lo,the face pack has really worked.
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The Craze for Travelling 😎😎😎😎😉
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- Nov 27, 2017, 11:34 AM
- 🌫 0 °C
- Altitude: 1,332 m
- Chile Pica -20.49167, -69.3283320°29’30” S 69°19’42” W
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Day 59
Around Pica
November 27, 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌫 0 °C
After waking up late, we had our breakfast and checked out. We left our bags at hotel and the vehicle parked outside and went for a walk around the town. Tge first stop was to drop our dirty clothes off at a laundry. We managed to negotiate a return time of 5 pm. After that we walked across the town to the thermal springs.Read more
Traveler Mango or some other fruit?
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The Craze for Travelling Yup... Mango and bougainvillea twined together.
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- Nov 27, 2017, 1:45 PM
- 🌫 0 °C
- Altitude: 2,804 m
- Chile Tambillo -20.42333, -69.1420°25’24” S 69°8’24” W
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Views from the 1st cave
November 27, 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌫 0 °C
We spent some time inside the 1st cave as the sun outside was quite sharp. It was about 15-20 mts deep. The water was about a meter deep all along. It was a bit steamy inside die to the heat of the water.Read more
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- Nov 27, 2017, 1:36 PM
- 🌫 0 °C
- Altitude: 1,399 m
- Chile Pica -20.485, -69.3166720°29’6” S 69°19’0” W
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In the thermal pool, Pica
November 27, 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌫 0 °C
We went into the pool at around 1:15 pm. The water was nice and warm. It was very pleasant to swim in the hot afternoon sun. Inside one of the cave, we saw 2 women scraping the inside of the rock cave with stones and used the paste so formed, as a mud pack on the face. There were marks of scraping everywhere, all the way to the back of the cave and even on the rocks outside.Read more
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- Nov 26, 2017, 7:35 PM
- 🌫 0 °C
- Altitude: 1,544 m
- Chile Pica -20.48667, -69.320°29’12” S 69°18’0” W
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Pica oasis
November 26, 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌫 0 °C
We reached Pica just before 8 pm. After Salar de Huasco, the topology changed to that of deserts. There were huge sand dunes all around us. Some part of the road passed midway up the dunes. There was sand all over the road.
We reached just before sunset and saw Pica as a green oasis in the middle of the desert.

Pica is a Chilean town and commune in Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region. Situated in the inland of the Atacama Desert on an oasis, Pica is famous for its small and unusually acidic lemons. The town has a communal spring with a surface temperature of 40 °C, which makes it a popular bath place in the middle of the desert. It has hotels and all basic services.

It took us quite a while to find a place to stay. All the hotels and hostels marked on maps.me had closed down. It seems that its not a populace place for an overnight. The ones that were left were either too expensive or fully occupied.
Eventually, we found a really lovely place (Hotel Rucaru) at 35000 CLP for a night. The rooms were small but very clean and well appointed. It also had a private bathroom. We checked in and went for dinner at Gato Rapido (Fast Cat) to have dinner. After that, it was sleep time. Since we had woken up quite early and had not slept that well the previous night, we requested our breakfast at 10 am and slept.Read more
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Südamerika 2019
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- Dec 2, 2019, 8:12 PM
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 1,335 m
- Chile Pica -20.48667, -69.3283320°29’12” S 69°19’42” W
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Pica
December 2, 2019 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Traveler Wahnsinns grüüüüüün 👍🏼😃🤩
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- Nov 27, 2017, 2:52 PM
- 🌫 0 °C
- Altitude: 1,399 m
- Chile Pica -20.485, -69.3166720°29’6” S 69°19’0” W
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Source of the thermas
November 27, 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌫 0 °C
In the left cave, we found the source of the hot water bubbling out from below. I managed to capture that on the phone camera.
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- Nov 27, 2017, 2:42 PM
- 🌫 0 °C
- Altitude: 1,399 m
- Chile Pica -20.485, -69.3166720°29’6” S 69°19’0” W
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Underwater in the cave
November 27, 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌫 0 °C
My phone the Samsung Galaxy S7 is waterproof so I tried using it for underwater photography. The results were quite lovely actually.
Traveler Scuba diving feeling 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
12/6/17Reply
Traveler Your mob. Flash is very powerful as this is photographed from the darkest end.
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The Craze for Travelling Yup 😉😉
12/7/17Reply
The Craze for Travelling Yup.. But without flash. The exposure was long
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- Nov 27, 2017, 1:47 PM
- 🌫 0 °C
- Altitude: 1,399 m
- Chile Pica -20.485, -69.3166720°29’6” S 69°19’0” W
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In the 2nd cave
November 27, 2017 in Chile ⋅ 🌫 0 °C
We went into the 2nd cave. It was similar to the 1st one but much shorter at around 7-8 mts deep. Here too, the water was about 1 meter deep.
Traveler X-Rayed......"
12/5/17Reply
The Craze for Travelling 🤣🤣🤣
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