{"id":2498,"date":"2016-03-20T04:01:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T04:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2016-03-21T21:23:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T21:23:10","slug":"bahia-inglesacaldera-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/?p=2498","title":{"rendered":"Bah\u00eda Inglesa\/Caldera, Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We took another bus even further north in Chile to visit a small town called<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bah%C3%ADa_Inglesa\" target=\"_blank\"> Bah\u00eda Inglesa<\/a>. We stayed in the nearby town of Caldera (it was cheaper) for a couple days so we could get a glimpse of the turquoise waters that Bah\u00eda Inglesa is known for. Just a short 7 min drive south of Caldera, it was the first beach we had hung out on since Rio!<\/p>\n<p>The first thing we saw stepping out of the car was the beautiful bright blue waters with lots of different rock formations creating little coves for people to swim in. The sand was very white and there was not a shortage of seashells at all!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2495\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2392.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2495\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2495\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2495\" src=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2392-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bah\u00eda Inglesa, Chile\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2392-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2392-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2392-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2392-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bah\u00eda Inglesa, Chile<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2494\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2413.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2494\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2494\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2494\" src=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2413-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bah\u00eda Inglesa, Chile\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2413-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2413-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2413-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2413-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chile&#8217;s version of the Caribbean?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2491\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2417.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2491\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2491\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2491\" src=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2417-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bah\u00eda Inglesa, Chile\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2417-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2417-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2417-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2417-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pelican poop covered rock<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2490\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2416.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2490\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2490\" src=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2416-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bah\u00eda Inglesa, Chile\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2416-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2416-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2416-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2416-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lizard sunbathing<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2488\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2398.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2488\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2488\" class=\"wp-image-2488 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2398-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bah\u00eda Inglesa, Chile\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2398-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2398-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2398-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2398-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beautiful day on the beach<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2501\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_7837.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2501\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2501\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2501\" src=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_7837-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Bah\u00eda Inglesa seashells \" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_7837-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_7837-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_7837.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of awesome seashells!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We pitched our umbrella, read books, practiced our Spanish, and had fun collecting seashells to make &#8220;abstract art&#8221;. Give us a break, we were bored! The shells were incredible though.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2493\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2383.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2493\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2493\" src=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2383-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bah\u00eda Inglesa, Chile\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2383-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2383-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2383-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2383-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon&#8217;s creation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back near our hostel in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caldera,_Chile\" target=\"_blank\">Caldera<\/a>, there was not too much going on. It&#8217;s a quiet little port town, with a lot of stray dogs. We walked around and were able to snag a few pictures of some pretty old machinery. Maybe something to load or unload boat cargo? In any case, it was very interesting to imagine what it looked like back in its hay day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2484\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2300.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2484\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2484\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2484\" src=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2300-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Caldera, Chile\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2300-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2300-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2300-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2300-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our gang of dogs came with us wherever we went<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2485\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_7836.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2485\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2485\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2485\" src=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_7836-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Caldera, Chile\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_7836-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_7836-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_7836.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huge structures falling apart<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2483\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2296.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2483\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2483\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2483\" src=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2296-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Mariela Hostel Caldera\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2296-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2296-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2296-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2296-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our hostel, Casa Mariela<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Later on that night, we went out to dinner and made a few friends, listened to some live music and danced a little, too!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2500\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_4220.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2500\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2500\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2500\" src=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_4220-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Caldera, Chile\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_4220-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_4220-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_4220-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/twogirlstrippin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_4220-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New friends, they are from Vi\u00f1a del Mar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was a nice few days, but we had enough of the beach and were definitely ready for some real adventure! On to the most visited destination of northern Chile, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Pedro_de_Atacama\" target=\"_blank\">San Pedro de Atacama<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We took another bus even further north in Chile to visit a small town called Bah\u00eda Inglesa. 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