Last day in Valpo we got up and packed our bags ready for our departure later on in the evening, leaving them in a corner of the room so they were out of the way should the guy who runs the place actually decide to do any cleaning (the 4 beds used by the other guests were as yet still unmade 3 days later!). Then we decided to go out and look round the town once more and as we had a few dollars left over, maybe have a go on one of the old cable cars of which t...

Vina del Mar By the time we had got up, showered, etc... and walked down to the coast where we planned to catch the bus to Vina Del Mar it was around 12:30. Vina Del Mar (Vina for short) used to be another town located around the bay from Valparaiso, however the two places have now expanded so much that there is no longer any actual boundary between the two. We flagged down a microbus which took about 25 mins to drive around the bay and dropped us off at the ...

Sealions! Another late start, we had bacon butties for breakfast :) with the bacon left over from our carbonara the night before and was delicious, even more so as we'd traipsed all over the place trying to find some and ended up with some in a packet, a delicacy it seems as there isnt any to be found anywhere, even in the butchers! After breakfast and the usual internet session we went out to explore the other end of town which led us once again to the sea fr...

Bus and Tent! After getting back late yesterday it was about 12 by the time we dragged ourselves out of bed this morning. We were having some toast and jam for breakfast when a nice lady came in and gave us a cup of home made raspberry jam which she makes herself, very kind! :) We tried once more to find some reasonably priced accommodation and when we eventually got fed up we decided to go book the bus and buy a tent instead. Booking our tickets on the bus was...

Salsa at El Huevo (The Egg!) Getting up at about 10 having been quite tired from walking with our bags and around the town the day before, we made fried egg sandwiches for breakfast which were delicious. We then spent far too long trying to find reasonably priced hostels for the remainder of our stay in Chile on the internet. It seems the further North you go, the pricier they get and we had only had replies of 'sorry unavailable' from the many couch requests...