This morning we were up and ready surprisingly early! We left the hostel just after 11.00am and walk along the main road back to the funicular at the other end of the city. We only had one brief stop at a market! Luckily the funicular was open and we quickly bought tickets and boarded. We made the short journey up the hill to spectacular views of the city and the snow-capped Andes in the distance. We walked up toward the statue of the Virgin Mary and after numer...

Yesterday we were up, had breakfast and were ready to check out by mid-day. We left the hostel and walked down the street, lugging our backpacks, to catch a bus to the coach station. Once at the station we managed to secure seats back to Santiago on the 12.50pm bus. The journey was just an hour and a half and the bus was really comfy so we slept most of the way! We arrived back in Santiago shortly before 2.30pm and used the metro to try and get to Hostal de Sammy...

This morning we had a bit of a lie-in and enjoyed a leisurely breakfast before showering and leaving the hostel after mid-day (after Laura had rushed down to the laundrette, only to be told our washing wouldn´t be ready for 2 and a half days!). We walked back into Valparaiso, passing the Armada de Chile and the docks and towards our first accensor (lift). We walked along a road which had literally being dug up and left as a building site then had a brief look i...

Yesterday we had a lazy morning, having showers, getting our stuff sorted and catching up with emails. We left La Casa Roja at 12.30pm, with Bella, and set off on the 4 block walk to the tube station, where we caught the tube to the bus station, got our tickets to Valparaiso and jumped on the 1.20pm bus. The hour and a quarter bus journey wizzed by and before we knew it we were stepping off the bus in this quirky little city. We caught the local bus across t...

Yesterday we were rudely awaken by our alarms, in the mist of a deep alcohol induced sleep. We eventually managed to drag ourselves out of bed and quickly got ready and loaded our backpacks onto the bus, with the help of the lovely Sergio, as always! We had one pick up in Puerto Varas town (German guy and new comer to our bus) and had a long days driving, making only brief loo breaks and fuel stops, arriving at Salto de Laja Waterfalls, via 'Las Angeles', at...