San Pedro De Atacama is a dry dusty little town which is full of character set against the backdrop of the Andes mountains. You could definitely have a great game of cowboys and Indians as this town has pretty much everything for that kind of scenario. We arrived in what looked like the middle of nowhere, getting dropped off by the bus in what seemed like the edge of the desert with the odd truck rumbling by leaving us in a cloud of sand and dust! We eventually r...

The guidebook said great things about Arica, and although it didn't really live up to it we still had a lovely time here! Arica is known as the 'town of never ending spring' due to it bring continuously sunny with very little rain. The guide book also promised lots of nice beaches, surfing and fishing so we had high hopes that this would be an excellent relaxation point. Aricas beaches were not particulary great, being a little dirty in places and sometimes the w...

Santiago is a great city, probably the best city we have visited so far; however throughout our visit here we have had some highs and lows which is a shame really as this is a great place! We arrived in Santiago after an overnight bus journey and checked into our hotel, Monte Leon (AKA now named Monte Python). The accommodation was cheap and you could definitely see why! Complete with it's own creepy Spanish Fawlty Towers Manwell we checked into a room that remin...

Puerto Natales is not really a town that has anything particularly special about it, although it is surrounded by quite a scenic port. The main reason for visiting this town was because it was the main access point to Torres Del Paine and also the Patagonian ferry, Navimag. The only slightly interesting point worth noting upon entering this town was alot of the houses where made out Tin! Corrugated Tin Walls and Tin roofs and each one was unique, none looked the ...

National Park Torres Del Paine, or as it translates 'Towers of Paine' definitely lives up to it's name! We arrived in Puerto Natales looking forward to getting out and about in the Chillean side of Patagonia. We had heard this national park is one of the most beautiful but challenging places in the world to go walking in, and is Chile's biggest attraction. We have never really done any serious hiking before but was liking the thought of the challenge as we had he...