Anyone who has visited Iquique knows that this city has a special characteristic, which is not found in other city in Chile; yeah, you may think of chumbeques or the ZOFRI, but I think of palm trees , the coastal park, the carnival, koy fishes, llamas, yacares, etc. All these projects have been ideas of the most bizarre mayor in Chile, Jorge Soria, whose aim was to make Iquique become the most touristic place in our country.
Now Mr. Soria is not the mayor anymore, but he left a running project which has been kept a secret for about four years. At least it was a secret until last Saturday, when a group of fishermen that were looking for the best place to throw their nets saw land. They were confused, they were about 60 kilometers away from the shore, how could it be?
“An island !”, said one of them.
“No way there are no islands in this sea”, said other man.
But the man was right, it was an island. It isn’t a natural one but the last project of Mr. Soria that is still being built. The fishermen guided the boat to land and started to explore the island, which seemed to be empty. There were only building materials and cranes and machines. The men also have said that there is only a huge hotel that has four luxury bedrooms which are as big as a square. There they also saw a lot of fruit trees, palms, and cacti, obviously. The sand was described as golden flour, because it is so fine and thin, said the fishermen. They were surprised because all around the beach there were little cabins with hammocks and pipes with all kind of licors and fruit juices, they said there even was a pipe that contained coconut water.
They also found the island scale model which had things that still weren’t built. The men said there were amazing things such as a replica of Dragon’s Hill, and a UVA filter screen above the beach. Then they saw a work schedule and realized that workers were going to arrive in half an hour so they returned to the boat.
When they arrived to Iquique they told their friends in the dock what they had found to, and they told local newspapers. Journalists arrived at the dock inmediately, when fishermen finished telling their story one of journalists ask them where was this island, but they couldn’t answer because Mr. Soria arrived and prohibited them.
So the journalists asked Mr. Soria why he made an island and why he never told anyone about it. He said that it was for rich tourists and celebrities. Then he was asked where the island was located, and he laughed and said: “When I return to my mayor position I’ll tell you”.
Even when not all iquique citizens may understand why he did such things instead of using the money for health or something more important in the city, we all end up enjoying his weird and sort of childish projects anyway. And it wouldn’t be so bad to have Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, George Clooney or David Beckham around, don’t you think so?
Now Mr. Soria is not the mayor anymore, but he left a running project which has been kept a secret for about four years. At least it was a secret until last Saturday, when a group of fishermen that were looking for the best place to throw their nets saw land. They were confused, they were about 60 kilometers away from the shore, how could it be?
“An island !”, said one of them.
“No way there are no islands in this sea”, said other man.
But the man was right, it was an island. It isn’t a natural one but the last project of Mr. Soria that is still being built. The fishermen guided the boat to land and started to explore the island, which seemed to be empty. There were only building materials and cranes and machines. The men also have said that there is only a huge hotel that has four luxury bedrooms which are as big as a square. There they also saw a lot of fruit trees, palms, and cacti, obviously. The sand was described as golden flour, because it is so fine and thin, said the fishermen. They were surprised because all around the beach there were little cabins with hammocks and pipes with all kind of licors and fruit juices, they said there even was a pipe that contained coconut water.
They also found the island scale model which had things that still weren’t built. The men said there were amazing things such as a replica of Dragon’s Hill, and a UVA filter screen above the beach. Then they saw a work schedule and realized that workers were going to arrive in half an hour so they returned to the boat.
When they arrived to Iquique they told their friends in the dock what they had found to, and they told local newspapers. Journalists arrived at the dock inmediately, when fishermen finished telling their story one of journalists ask them where was this island, but they couldn’t answer because Mr. Soria arrived and prohibited them.
So the journalists asked Mr. Soria why he made an island and why he never told anyone about it. He said that it was for rich tourists and celebrities. Then he was asked where the island was located, and he laughed and said: “When I return to my mayor position I’ll tell you”.
Even when not all iquique citizens may understand why he did such things instead of using the money for health or something more important in the city, we all end up enjoying his weird and sort of childish projects anyway. And it wouldn’t be so bad to have Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, George Clooney or David Beckham around, don’t you think so?
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