S: we arrived in La Serena after a night bus, and we found a beautiful hostel that was like a cottage in Wales. It was very quaint although very expensive but James did blag us a free breakfast. At breakfast we met Jacintha the house keeper, who was a sweet Chilean Lady who couldn't do enough for you. We had to make a couple of calls back to the UK so we said we would meet some guys we met at the beach. J: we found the redundant lighthouse on the beach and the ...

S: we got to San Pedro after going through border control, where they search your bags no matter what. We had shared a bus with some French guys and they explained they had had a rough time on the Salt flats. They had had a drunk driver who didn't get up one day and then they had a car crash. I think we were very lucky to have had a great tour and no accidents. We found a hostel and walked around the town and found the best empanadas ever. Nico and Lisi had trave...

J: on the bus ride to Uyuni we made friends with another German couple; Niko & Lisi, they had a similar plan to us so we went to see about booking a trip for the following day, we also met another German couple; Marcus & Catrin who also wanted to do the same trip but starting that morning, so we all negotiated a good price as a car full and immediately set off. This trip was a 3 day trip across the Salar De Uyuni, it started with a visit to the train ceme...

S: we arrived at the bus station and ready to board our bus and the Taiwan couple were there. We had already had already said our goodbyes as they were getting the flight back. They explained the flight was delayed (as usual) and they would miss their connecting bus, so they decided to bus it with us. We had brought snacks for the journey, so we shared them with the guys as they weren't prepared and we set off for a bit of a journey. We eventually arrived in La P...

S: Today was going to be a long day, we had booked a bus that was going to take about 20 hours. We packed up our things, brought some local snacks and caught a taxi to the bus terminal, or so we thought?! We arrived and eventually found the office we were looking for only to be told to go to another office, so we hopped in a cab again and finally found the right bus. I don't know quite where to start about the bus, it had no front or back bumper and looked to b...