Nearly all of we guests on board went out into the Atacama desert on the excursion to the fascinating ‘nitrate’ towns Humberstone and Santa Laura. What an insight into the harsh life of the saltpetre miners. This made our talk given later from geologist Linda especially relevant. Marine biologist Giulia also gave us an interesting introduction to the really great app I-Naturalist. When sailing away from Iquique we saw our first Bullers albatross and some common dolphins.