Days 5 and 6 are focused around the beautiful San Pedro, which is so bloody cute, but abit touristy and expensive. We spent day 5 driving across the desert, and through The Andes. We stopped at somewhere dad would love, an old train cemetery (and also the location for one of the scenes from the new James Bond movie, so that was pretty exciting). Then we left the main highway and headed through the mountains, on a road paved by compacted salt, along the Tropic ...

The bus was full on the first day of the tour, so I was pretty happy!! Also I instantly warmed to our gorgeous guide Jorge, who is seeing one of the lovely English girls I met at La Casa Roja. It was a real mixed group, and although it took a while on the first day, we all got to know each other pretty well. The first day we visited a beautiful beach town on Pichidangui, which was like a dusty ghost town at this time of the year, but was completely stunning. Alo...

I just had to start writing this blog straight away because I am so completely in love with Santiago. The view from the plane alone is enough to make you come here. As you fly in, you see nothing but huge gorgeous mountains as the whole of Chile is lined by the Andes. Santiago is nothing like I expected, and the outskirts of the city are stunning. The main housing is blocks of stunning flats, and only the more wealthy have houses. Diego has been amazing, he met m...