Excursion to Pisagua

My first excursion from Iquique went to Pisagua. Like Iquique, Pisagua was an imporant port during the nitrate era. But when the nitrate business went downhill, Pisagua faded away. Today it is almost a ghost town with several buildings from the glorious days still standing, but in miserable condition. However, the place is not entirely abandoned, but some 150 souls lives there.

In the same way as Iquique, Pisagua is squeezed in between sea and mountain and the road down to the place is dramatic.

Before we came to Pisagua, the tour included a couple of more stops of which several were memorial sites for battlefields in the War of the Pacific 1879-1884 when Chile seized this area from Peru. That might have been of interest to the Chileans in the tour group, but I could not really muster any interest in it.

Just a little geography to explain how the tour went. While both Iquique and Pisagua are on the coast, there is no direct road along the water, but we had to get 50 km uphill inlands to reach the Panamericana, and then drive north until we came to the road down to Pisagua. Some of the places we visited are further inland from the Panamericana.

El Gigante de Atacama 1. El Gigante de Atacama	2. El Gigante de Atacama II
3. View over the Plateau	The Tarapacá Valley 4. Río Tarapacá
5. IMG_3447	6. Church in Tarapacá
7. A Decimated Last Supper	8. Zeroes
9. The Square	Dolores 10. Cracking Soil
11. Stones	12. Sandstorm
13. Tamarugo	The Road to Pisagua 14. From the Bus
15. IMG_3462	16. IMG_3463
17. The Sea	Pisagua 18. View from Above
19. IMG_3468	20. IMG_3470
21. IMG_3471	22. Clock Tower
23. Mural	24. The Theatre
25. The Auditorium	26. The Ceiling
27. Sea View	28. Fake Audience
29. Other Derilict Buildings	30. Bird
31. Seafront View	32. Road View
33. Club Deportivo	34. The Sea and the Rocks
35. IMG_3493	36. IMG_3496
37. IMG_3497	38. IMG_3499
39. IMG_3501

El Gigante de Atacama 1. El Gigante de Atacama	2. El Gigante de Atacama II	3. View over the Plateau
The Tarapacá Valley 4. Río Tarapacá	5. IMG_3447	6. Church in Tarapacá
7. A Decimated Last Supper	8. Zeroes	9. The Square
Dolores 10. Cracking Soil	11. Stones	12. Sandstorm
13. Tamarugo	The Road to Pisagua 14. From the Bus	15. IMG_3462
16. IMG_3463	17. The Sea	Pisagua 18. View from Above
19. IMG_3468	20. IMG_3470	21. IMG_3471
22. Clock Tower	23. Mural	24. The Theatre
25. The Auditorium	26. The Ceiling	27. Sea View
28. Fake Audience	29. Other Derilict Buildings	30. Bird
31. Seafront View	32. Road View	33. Club Deportivo
34. The Sea and the Rocks	35. IMG_3493	36. IMG_3496
37. IMG_3497	38. IMG_3499	39. IMG_3501

El Gigante de Atacama 1. El Gigante de Atacama	2. El Gigante de Atacama II	3. View over the Plateau	The Tarapacá Valley 4. Río Tarapacá
5. IMG_3447	6. Church in Tarapacá	7. A Decimated Last Supper	8. Zeroes
9. The Square	Dolores 10. Cracking Soil	11. Stones	12. Sandstorm
13. Tamarugo	The Road to Pisagua 14. From the Bus	15. IMG_3462	16. IMG_3463
17. The Sea	Pisagua 18. View from Above	19. IMG_3468	20. IMG_3470
21. IMG_3471	22. Clock Tower	23. Mural	24. The Theatre
25. The Auditorium	26. The Ceiling	27. Sea View	28. Fake Audience
29. Other Derilict Buildings	30. Bird	31. Seafront View	32. Road View
33. Club Deportivo	34. The Sea and the Rocks	35. IMG_3493	36. IMG_3496
37. IMG_3497	38. IMG_3499	39. IMG_3501

El Gigante de Atacama 1. El Gigante de Atacama	2. El Gigante de Atacama II	3. View over the Plateau	The Tarapacá Valley 4. Río Tarapacá	5. IMG_3447
6. Church in Tarapacá	7. A Decimated Last Supper	8. Zeroes	9. The Square	Dolores 10. Cracking Soil
11. Stones	12. Sandstorm	13. Tamarugo	The Road to Pisagua 14. From the Bus	15. IMG_3462
16. IMG_3463	17. The Sea	Pisagua 18. View from Above	19. IMG_3468	20. IMG_3470
21. IMG_3471	22. Clock Tower	23. Mural	24. The Theatre	25. The Auditorium
26. The Ceiling	27. Sea View	28. Fake Audience	29. Other Derilict Buildings	30. Bird
31. Seafront View	32. Road View	33. Club Deportivo	34. The Sea and the Rocks	35. IMG_3493
36. IMG_3496	37. IMG_3497	38. IMG_3499	39. IMG_3501

El Gigante de Atacama 1. El Gigante de Atacama	2. El Gigante de Atacama II	3. View over the Plateau	The Tarapacá Valley 4. Río Tarapacá	5. IMG_3447	6. Church in Tarapacá
7. A Decimated Last Supper	8. Zeroes	9. The Square	Dolores 10. Cracking Soil	11. Stones	12. Sandstorm
13. Tamarugo	The Road to Pisagua 14. From the Bus	15. IMG_3462	16. IMG_3463	17. The Sea	Pisagua 18. View from Above
19. IMG_3468	20. IMG_3470	21. IMG_3471	22. Clock Tower	23. Mural	24. The Theatre
25. The Auditorium	26. The Ceiling	27. Sea View	28. Fake Audience	29. Other Derilict Buildings	30. Bird
31. Seafront View	32. Road View	33. Club Deportivo	34. The Sea and the Rocks	35. IMG_3493	36. IMG_3496
37. IMG_3497	38. IMG_3499	39. IMG_3501

El Gigante de Atacama 1. El Gigante de Atacama	2. El Gigante de Atacama II	3. View over the Plateau	The Tarapacá Valley 4. Río Tarapacá	5. IMG_3447	6. Church in Tarapacá	7. A Decimated Last Supper
8. Zeroes	9. The Square	Dolores 10. Cracking Soil	11. Stones	12. Sandstorm	13. Tamarugo	The Road to Pisagua 14. From the Bus
15. IMG_3462	16. IMG_3463	17. The Sea	Pisagua 18. View from Above	19. IMG_3468	20. IMG_3470	21. IMG_3471
22. Clock Tower	23. Mural	24. The Theatre	25. The Auditorium	26. The Ceiling	27. Sea View	28. Fake Audience
29. Other Derilict Buildings	30. Bird	31. Seafront View	32. Road View	33. Club Deportivo	34. The Sea and the Rocks	35. IMG_3493
36. IMG_3496	37. IMG_3497	38. IMG_3499	39. IMG_3501

El Gigante de Atacama 1. El Gigante de Atacama	2. El Gigante de Atacama II	3. View over the Plateau	The Tarapacá Valley 4. Río Tarapacá	5. IMG_3447	6. Church in Tarapacá	7. A Decimated Last Supper	8. Zeroes
9. The Square	Dolores 10. Cracking Soil	11. Stones	12. Sandstorm	13. Tamarugo	The Road to Pisagua 14. From the Bus	15. IMG_3462	16. IMG_3463
17. The Sea	Pisagua 18. View from Above	19. IMG_3468	20. IMG_3470	21. IMG_3471	22. Clock Tower	23. Mural	24. The Theatre
25. The Auditorium	26. The Ceiling	27. Sea View	28. Fake Audience	29. Other Derilict Buildings	30. Bird	31. Seafront View	32. Road View
33. Club Deportivo	34. The Sea and the Rocks	35. IMG_3493	36. IMG_3496	37. IMG_3497	38. IMG_3499	39. IMG_3501

El Gigante de Atacama 1. El Gigante de Atacama	2. El Gigante de Atacama II	3. View over the Plateau	The Tarapacá Valley 4. Río Tarapacá	5. IMG_3447	6. Church in Tarapacá	7. A Decimated Last Supper	8. Zeroes	9. The Square
Dolores 10. Cracking Soil	11. Stones	12. Sandstorm	13. Tamarugo	The Road to Pisagua 14. From the Bus	15. IMG_3462	16. IMG_3463	17. The Sea	Pisagua 18. View from Above
19. IMG_3468	20. IMG_3470	21. IMG_3471	22. Clock Tower	23. Mural	24. The Theatre	25. The Auditorium	26. The Ceiling	27. Sea View
28. Fake Audience	29. Other Derilict Buildings	30. Bird	31. Seafront View	32. Road View	33. Club Deportivo	34. The Sea and the Rocks	35. IMG_3493	36. IMG_3496
37. IMG_3497	38. IMG_3499	39. IMG_3501

El Gigante de Atacama 1. El Gigante de Atacama	2. El Gigante de Atacama II	3. View over the Plateau	The Tarapacá Valley 4. Río Tarapacá	5. IMG_3447	6. Church in Tarapacá	7. A Decimated Last Supper	8. Zeroes	9. The Square	Dolores 10. Cracking Soil
11. Stones	12. Sandstorm	13. Tamarugo	The Road to Pisagua 14. From the Bus	15. IMG_3462	16. IMG_3463	17. The Sea	Pisagua 18. View from Above	19. IMG_3468	20. IMG_3470
21. IMG_3471	22. Clock Tower	23. Mural	24. The Theatre	25. The Auditorium	26. The Ceiling	27. Sea View	28. Fake Audience	29. Other Derilict Buildings	30. Bird
31. Seafront View	32. Road View	33. Club Deportivo	34. The Sea and the Rocks	35. IMG_3493	36. IMG_3496	37. IMG_3497	38. IMG_3499	39. IMG_3501

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