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Kevin and Joannie on tour
Our cabana is very simple.
It’s mainly two bed rooms with a galley kitchen (four rings, a sink and
a fridge) and a bathroom. There’s an
outside terrace which overlooks the Pacific with a table and BBQ. The kitchen equipment is pretty random and
not enough for the potential 6 people who could stay here. Luckily we could supplement it with the
equipment we brought with us or that cam with the motorhome.
We decided to have a relaxing day and catch up with the
blog. There is WiFI in the dining room
of the establishment. Sometimes when you
hire a cabana it comes with breakfast, but we hadn’t asked, plus we were pretty
late in getting up.
Over breakfast we opened our presents. Margaret had sent us a bundle of gifts – a
Father Christmas and a Christmas tree figurine, an angel chime and a Xmas table
runner. Christine and Nigel had sent a
mini Potager from the Loire Valley, Joan
had bought Kevin some socks with “mistletoes” on them and Kevin had bought Joan
some Thornton’s special toffee with Brazil nuts.
After breakfast we sat in the dining room and caught up with
the blog. It took ages to up load alll
the photos. There was a television on in
the corner and we soon realised that Chile had been hit by an earthquake and a tsunami
alert had been risen. It was in the
south, maybe 2,000 kms away near Chiloe, where we visited last year. Chile is a country geared up for earthquakes
and eruptions and national procedures had swung in to action.
It was good to catch up with friends and family via
Facebook.
Late afternoon we took a stroll along the promenade. There were lots of families on the beach as
well as young children obviously with their brand new toys – bicycles with
stabilisers, roller boots, scooters, remote control cars and segways which also
blasted out pop tunes. Like
Antofagasta, Iquique has changed since we visited last. Along the front and at the edges, high rise
blocks of flats have sprung up with sea views.
There are Tapas bars, sushi bars, trattorias and cervicherias on the
front. But one block behind them, the
typical houses made out of concrete, corrugated iron and hope.
Though it was late afternoon, it was still hot. We headed back to our cabana and eventually
found the energy to cook Christmas dinner.
German nut cutlets, potato product, onion rings, mixed veg and a Madeira
sauce out of a packet. A local cat came
and joined us.
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