I got up this morning to a nice big breakfast with yogourt, toast, cereal and coffee. When I was ready to take a shower, I had to light this propane machine that heated the water beforehand (how I miss taking hot showers with having to worry about anything!) I left around 10am. my first stop was the museum La Sebastania (Pablo Neruda's house). On the way there, I met this girl named Patricia who was working in a kiosk that sold hand crafted souvenirs. She was re...

During breakfast this morning, I met this guy named Michael, from England. He was taking Spanish lessons here, and was going to Peru soon. I gave him a lot of tips on Cusco (how I miss Cusco!). I left soonafter at around 9:30am. I took the 10am bus to Valparaiso. Valparaiso is a docking city. It has the main port to access Chile. There is a lot of history with this city because of all of the wars (War of the Pacific and War of Independence). It was also the plac...

I got up today feeling so refreshed! My clothes were still not ready so I was kind of confined tothe hostel. I took a little walk to the gas station to make a call to a guy that a referee back in Montreal gave me. I was going to referee in Chile! His name was Martin and he was head of a soccer league in Chile. I was going to meet him at 1pm. After I got my clothes at 11am, I took a shower...there was hot water + pressure! I definitely rated this hostel an A+! Th...

The bus ride was not as bad as I expected it to be. There was a really nice guy that was sitting next to me all the way to La Serena, and then there was another really nice guy that came on board. I find Chileans really friendly! I ended up watching a really cute Chilean movie on the bus about an old man that likes an old woman but is afraid to get in bed with her because he is impotent. In the meantime, the old woman likes the old man back, but thinks that he i...

What a comfortable night! It felt so good to sleep in the warmth. Stephanie, whom was sleeping in the bunk above me, woke me up this morning with: "Nick, are you awake?" We planned our day together (since Olivia was leaving today in the morning). We were going to have breakfast at the pastery place, go take out money, transfer all of Stephanie's things to another hostel (she was staying an extra night), go on the internet, book our tour to the Atacama d...