Before leaving Lima we did a city tour,lots of lovely buildings fron the Spanish times,the paintings from that time have a strong European look to them,our guide was very good just the two of us again so we got lots of detail. Later that night we went out with Alison´s relatives,Ariceli her brother-in-law Lewis and a friend Ceclia,we went to a traditional dance show,it was magnificent but nobody told me I was expected to dance too,a bonny looking ticket in h...

Wow we are here and what an escapade.We set off from Arica and walked up to the taxi park,it wasn´t as bad as we thought it was going to be,the driver has to get 5 passengers to make his trip worth while and we were his first two,the taxis that cross the border are all old big American cars ours was a Crown Victoria,maroon, all plush velvet and leather inside,licence plate was A.J. so I thiought it was a good sign.Very soon a young Chilean couple joined us,...

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 ...