After Valparaiso i went to santiago. Wasnt that great, so its not really worth writing about. I met my friend Louisa there though who ill be travelling with for a month. Then we went to Iquique, north chile on the coast. Its a surfer place, one of the best places to do it in south america. We went paragliding, body boarding, visited a ghost town which was amazing, spent a lot of time on the beach playing football and american football. Twas a nice place, nice a...

Well, before Valparaiso I spent a while in Puertto Montt. What is usually a bustling industrial port was even more busy due to the arrival of all the evacuees from the Chaiten volcano. It was interesting to see the army handing out food and all that stuff. There wasnt a huge amount to do in Puertto Montt apart from a lot of markets and amazing sea food (lobster every day :), but it was a nice place nontheless. I saw my first llama there, a fine specimen and a rid...

Well, before Chiloé we went to Chaiten, a port town to get the ferry over. One day we went to the national park, which was pretty nice...big trees and waterfalls and the like..and another day saw dolphins swimming just by the shore on the beach. Then the guy Id been travelling with went off a seperate way, and I got the boat... Twas a nice boat trip...met some nice Chileans on the boat, and some other travellers. Had some dinner with the travellers, which w...

I cant believe I just wrote a huge post and then it didnt work! O well, here goes again... I got a bus from chalten to los antigous, then another bus to cross the border to chile, then a small boat across a lake. Then i met the postman on the boat, who gave me and my friend a lift to this tiny village...i mean tiny, one shop, a church, a few houses. The place I stayed was great, a ramshackle shed with some beds, some chairs and a woodstove, so breakfast takes ...