San Pedro de Atacama - Day 35 - 03/11/2012 (Saturday) The bus got in at about 9am. As this place was tiny it was a quick walk to the place we were staying. Our rooms weren't ready so we all went out for breakfast. The town really was tiny. 1 Main Street with a few others coming off it. The streets were not surfaced so it was also very dusty. The rest of the morning we just had a wander around the place and chilled out in the hotel. We went for a late lunch but ...

La Serena - Day 32 - 31/10/2012 (Wednesday) After almost 7 hours on the bus we arrived into La Serena in the early evening. As the next 2 days were a Chilean national holiday everything was really bus. It took us almost 30 minutes to flag down the 5 taxis we needed. Sarah went in a taxi before me and when I got to the hotel she hadn't arrived. Slinky worried we all waited but they finally arrived. We threw our bags into the room and headed out to get some food ...

Santiago - Day 29 - 28/10/2012 (Sunday) Something amazing happened!!! I was able to sleep on the night bus! No one else did because it was so uncomfortable but some how I slept. Although about 6am the attendant woke us all up by taking the covers and pillows from us while we were still asleep and those who got back to sleep he threw there breakfast at them. We arrived into Santiago at about 7am and then waited 30 mins for our transfer to turn up. It never arrive...

Pucon - Day 25 - 24/10/2012 (Wednesday) Early wake up Early bus blah blah blah Arrived into Pucon about 3 that afternoon. Pucon is on a lake and has a dormant volcano just outside of the town. We checked into our hostel (all be it a very nice one) went for lunch and a walk to the lake then round the market. We were back for 5 as we were meeting someone to explain the activities we can do over the next 3 days. Our main goal was to climb the volcano. An hour or ...

Puerto Varas (Chile) - Day 23 - 22/10/2012 (Monday) Wake up Early bus - you know the drill by now. 2 hours to the Argentina border, got stamped out of the country. Drove almost another hour to the Chile border and we had to get off the bus with all our luggage and let sniffer dogs run all over it. Luckily they didn't find the packet of ham we were smuggling into the country. Another few hours and we arrived into Puerto Varas. Mini bus to take us to the hotel ...