Well we made it and the 7 hour bus journey wasn't a problem at all. Very comfy seats, films on board and the time passed quickly. I think we both snoozed for a while in the morning, around lunchtime we ate our sarnies which we made in the morning, and then watched a film on the laptop in the afternoon. Right on time at 5pm we rolled into La Serena. The views along the way were good, lots of cactie, desert scrub and mountains. We found our hostel OK, it was o...

Valparaiso - We stayed in Valparaiso from 4th - 6th May at a cute little hostel called Casa Volante Hostal. Valparaiso is a very unique little place. Very arty and colourful. The houses are built up on high hills and if you lived there you would be very fit. It is a Unesco World Heritage site, and I can understand why, there are so many little unique houses, which I have no idea how they built. There isn't a single straight wall, door frame or even floor tha...