This morning we were up, refreshed and enjoying fruit, yoghurt, muesli and toast for breakfast at 9.00am. We boarded the bus and had a brief tour of Valdivia, stopping by the river to view the fat sea lions and the fruit and fish market before we headed down to Puerto Montt. We arrived in the city at around 1.00pm and whilst most people went for lunch, we, along with Bella, wandered the shops and fish market before joining the others to browse the handicraft ma...

This morning the alarm went off at 6.00am and we opened the curtains to find clear skies. We quickly got ready and grabbed a sip of coffee before the bus arrived at 6.55am. We were taken back to the Aguaventura shop where we loaded our rucksacks and kitted up with boots etc. We headed towards Villarrica Volcano, making a brief stop en-route for provisions. After cereal bars and bananas for breakfast we arrived at the base of the volcano around 8.30am. Once we wer...

Yesterday morning (Friday) we were up bright and early and enjoyed bread, cheese, jam and scrambled egg for breakfast before boarding the bus. We left Pichilemu around 8.30am and headed straight to the town of Santa Cruz, where we spent some time in the Museo de Colchagua before wandering into the town and the Plaza de Armas. We were back on the bus heading towards Pucon at 11.30am. The rest of the day was spent travelling south on the PanAmerican highway, stoppi...

This morning we were up at 7.30am after a rubbish nights sleep which we blame on jet lag and the noisy drunken Dublin girls wandering in and out of the room at all hours! Once we were ready we were greeted by Jorje, our Pachamama guide for the week, he directed us to the bus where Sergio, our driver, met us and loaded our bags. After everyone was on board we set of through the busy Santiago streets for a couple more pick ups, then we were on our way to Pichilemu ...

We had a lovely sleep last night from 11.30pm all the way through to 9.45am this morning! We had a lazy morning, getting ready and catching up with emails and left the hostel around 12.15pm, bound for the city centre. We walked along Augustinas into the city centre (being beeped and whistled at along the way), en-route we stopped by the Plaza de Constitution for wander and a few photos. On reaching the centre there were many small street vendors selling, what ...