A wee summary of Chile. Lovely,lovely people,they were really interested in you and thrilled to bits if you were trying your Spanish out on them,they appeared to be more willing to help you if you were making the effort. For once in my life I never got lost in a crowd,the Latin American woman,no matter what age, do not have hair this colour.Alison announced one day that there were many advantages to travelling with me,the South Americans make time for their elde...

Hi Everyone, Well we got here,the bus set off on time,we did notice it was an older style bus but it was still very comfortable and the air conditioning worked,it was also very busy,it had a few stops at bigger towns throughout the night dropping off and picking up passengers.At around 5am it stopped,Alison was asleep and I just thought the drivers were having a break but it was to be a couple of hours until we were on the move again,apparently we ran out of pe...

Hi Everyone, We are here in the desert,we had a nice stay in La Serena and sampled some more Chilean food.We caught our bus at 9.30pm. and arrived here in San Pedro De Atacama at 2pm. the next day,it wasn´t too bad.We were thouroughly fooled by the air conditioning on the bus, when we got off the heat just came up through the boots and down on the head,what a change,not a cloud in the sky.Our hotel is nice,all the rooms lead off from the courtyard and they ...

Hi Everyone, Forgot to tell you when we did our walking tour of Santiago the guide was telling us about the coffee houses, cant remember the proper name for them but they get called "coffee with legs"apparently business men use them,they only sell coffee which is served by girls in bikinis,our guide took us into one as he was telling us about them,just about died!! he pretended he was a tourist looking for a beer. I've just spent the last fifteen minu...

Headed up to Valparaiso today,it is a very old port town the houses are built into the hill and very colourful.Had lunch at a harbout restaurant,FISH SOUP!! I wont talk about it. The place is a haven for artists and poets,also to the students at the University.Down at the port the fishermen were gutting the fish and the Pelicans were having a feast.Further along the coast the beautiful beaches are being developed into tourist resorts ,the change in the standard ...