Los verdes

My tour guide friend took me to some more typical places today. First stop: Los verdes. I'm not sure why it's called that because it's not green at all, but it was still pretty cool next to the sea. It's a little fishing community/neighborhood right on the ocean just outside of town. The fisherman get their catch and bring it directly up to their restaurant/house and cook it up fresh to serve. The seafood there is as fresh as you'll find it and very delicious. I tried something called a "loco" which is a type of seafood somewhat similar to octopus, except that when it was fried like it came, it tasted like a chicken nugget. Then I got a huge slab of albacore tuna and a salad that I couldn't finish. The restaurant we went to was called "Casa 13" and was a cute little place made famous because when the president came to Iquique he stopped there to eat!