I woke up at 12pm with a pounding headache and felt like i was going to peg it. A mixture of hangover and altitude sickness-not good! I read my New Zealand pamphlet on altitude sickness and read a particular paragraph stating "When flying into a high altitude location: rest, drink plenty of water and under no circumstances drink alcohol that's a NO NO NO! Oh well, I had a hot shower which seemed to help and then drank mate de coca (coca tea). I also drank litres ...

I had a shower and checked out of the hostel. I flagged down an official taxi and spoke away to my friendly driver Jorge. He is going to help me book my flight to Cusco. We had a chat in broken Spanish for most of the journey. We arrived at the airport and I was told to speak to some guy. He then took me to the LAN Chile desk and I bought my ticket for 50 pounds. I had to give the guy a little tip as I walked through security. I got my flight and arrived in ...

I was woken by the bus steward around 8ish outside the town of Nazca. This is where the famous Nazca lines are, mysterious large drawings that can only be seen from the air and have been here for thousands of years. We walk out into the warm sunshine and go into a white-washed house to use the toilets. One of the little kids is really cute. She just looks like the little Indian baby in Ice Age(animated film). I bought some bananas and gatorade for the rest o...

When I woke up around 9, I peered out the window and discovered we were in the dusty desert near Atacama. We were served breakfast of raspberry juice and manjar biscuit. I tried the bus toilet and after pulling at the door for a while it opened. It was dark inside and I couldn't find the light switch so I just fumbled around in the dark for 10 minutes eventually I found the light switch by this time the steward was at the door asking what I was doing! I had...

I collected my laundry and then sat in the kitchen trying to read a Chilean paper and drinking cups of tea. I sat around and watched Captain Corelli's Mandolin. It was time for me to go to the bus terminal. I hopped on the metro and got there with plenty time to spare. I had a horrible chicken burger in the bus terminal and then sat near my bus stop and waited on it arriving. I got bored and phoned my parents to see how they were. However I lost track of time and...