After a night's stop over in Antofagasta as we made our way south (crap hotel with NO towels, disgrace) we took an overnight bus down to Valparaiso. The city was really hilly and full of life and absolutely covered in art work and murals by the locals which really adds to the atmosphere. Amazingly it was sunny all week as well which made it a nice end to our trip. As our budget was ticking down as we neared the end of the trip we spent our days wandering ro...

Was quite a relief to finally get to Chile after our long spell in the beautiful, but very basic Bolivia. As we crossed the border the signs were good as the dirt track road suddenly turned into tarmac - very metaphoric. The road was smooth, had signs and even had crash barriers. We were both close to tears. San Pedro was just a half hour's drive from the border and is a lovely, small tourist town, but with lots of character so was a great place to settle i...