We met the rest of the group at breakfast: two Aussie guys called Craig and Troy (shame the Ashes were on while we were with them... and even more of a shame that England lost) - small group of four. At 7am we got a minibus to ourselves to the airport, but when we checked in noone could get seats next to one another. We pretty much got straight on the plane, and the man next to me agreed to swap seats with Alex, who had the window seat behind. The views from the ...

Before leaving Valparaiso we encountered the dutch girl we met in baños, who came into our room to be reunited with one of our roomates. We took a taxi to the bus station and then the next bus to Santiago - a 2 hour journey that took almost an hour longer due to a traffic jam. We had planned to stay with a former colleague (and current friend) of mine - Victor Perl, and he had provided comprehensive instructions on how to reach his apartment. First we took the m...

We arrived in Viña del Mar - a fancy resort town next to Valparaiso, and Valparaiso is apparently like it´s drunken brother. It was 7pm when we checked into our hostel, which is nice but cramped and with only one shower in the entire place. Not long after we arrived we met two of our roomates: Tom and Stewart from Bognor Regis (amazing, you forget that normal people live there and not just holidaymakers). We ended up going to a really cool bohemian bar on our b...