After a surprisingly good bus journey and a good nights sleep to fully recover we spent the first day exploring Santiago and discovering just how big it is. We walked around all of the usual stuff - parks, plazas and viewpoints - including an amazing park that was built on a small hill in the middle of the city with waterfalls, statues and even a castle! As we have been away for two months and were missing the comforts of home we decided to go for lunch at an Ame...

The border crossing into Chile was quick and painless as we arrived into the small town of San Pedro De Atacama, in a lovely setting but ridiculously expensive. We decided to spend a night in San Pedro before braving the 23 hour bus down to Santiago. In the morning we hired bicycles and enjoyed a 4 hour cycle through the desert and some small villages nearby with some new friends before nervously setting off on the bus.