Hola All! Today is our last day in South America, which is sad, but exciting because we fly to Auckland tonight! Yey! We have spent the last two days in Santiago, and the weather is fantastic! It's a fab city. We didn't have much chance to appreciate it on the way through before and it rained too much, but the last couple of days have been great. We spent the day on the hill yesterday, rode the fenicular and cable cars and visited the zoo. The zo...

Hola Amigos! Quick update from Pucon in the Chillian Lake District... We left Puerto Octay 4 days ago and travelled to Pucon. Its a nice village on Lake Villarica with some fantastic view of the nearby volcanoes. The weather has been wet and horrible, but we were lucky and the sun came out for one afternoon so we managed to go horse-trekking which was great fun. On our way back up to Santiago today. Love Hels and Ben xx

Hello All! Since San Pedro we travelled far south to Puerto Montt which is the gateway to Patagonia. Unfortunately after lots of research the idea of going further south to Patagonia has been abandoned due to it costing too much, taking so long and the weather reports were looking pretty miserable. Instead we are leaving Chile early to New Zealand and the last few days we have been in Puerto Octay, north of Puerto Monnt. We have stopped in a fantastic...

Hello Again! Just finished a couple of days in San Pedro de Atacama. Its desert here, so its very very hot in the day but freezing at night. San Pedro is a really nice little town, but in the middle of nowhere and they charge more for everything.... because they can. We found a slight flaw in their plan though, because theres no ATM... doh! Its very busy at the moment because its a national school holiday in Chile. The town is full of hip young thin...

Hello! Arrived in Arica in North Chile on Friday and have been very lazy since then! In a fab hostel near the beach and the local 'offy'. Been on lots of walks along the coast. It's nice and sunny here. Met some nice Brits at our hostel, Sarah and Gareth, and went out on Saturday night with them into town looking for a hip hangout. Well, we found one..... La Scala! Karaoke Super-club. Check out the pics on the website. We'd like to tell you more ...