Sailing from Puerto Montt to Puerto Chacabuco 11am - 11amOk so I may have described this as a mini cruise but I guess I was fluffing it up a bit. Sorry Susan. (turns out a lot). It's a ferry. A big ugly car and lorry ferry. Not a thing fluffy about it. Come on, I'm meant to be on a budget remember! So I got there at 630 as arranged. After 10 mins we were all driven in a minibus 30 mins away to the other side of the port. There was MILLIONS of luggage! Pl...

Santiago to Puerto Montt 2005 - 0800So I think all these long journeys are doing me no good! Glad it's the last for a while. I ache all over and last night didn't whizz by like the previous night. Perhaps a combination of the wee hill I climbed, as well as the buses. Who knows. Ok so at last I'm in Puerto Montt. Trevor told me to go instead to Puerto Varas 20 mins away which sits right next to the beautiful Lago Llanquihue and Puerto Montt is a tiny port t...

La Serena to Santiago. 2340 - 0530. The bus price was £11.00 for a semi cama (goes half way back, as previously described. VERY comfortable, but as I discovered yesterday, not for 16 hours perhaps), or £17 for premium (completely flat! An actual bed. On a bus!!) I settled down and closed my eyes. 2 mins later we were there! So guess what I've booked again for my next 12 hour journey??? I didn't fancy venturing out anywhere at 0530 in the morning in a s...

So I did my usual in a new place, finding my way to the "centro" of La Serena. I needed two things. A coffee and wifi, oh and a plug socket. My charger is rubbish. If I leave my chromebook charging overnight (which is a huge problem in itself. Do I leave it plugged in, in my dorm, with other travelers roaming around, and sleep? Or do it during the day meaning I'm tied to one area while it's doing it's thing?) it gets to only 25%. It seems to be getting wo...

Start of Epic 34 hr, 1666 Miles in 3 Days Journey! Bus from San Pedro to La SerenaSo I need to get to Santiago. Only because I need to then get to Puerto Montt cos I have an overnight mini cruise thing booked for thu. I booked it on Wed when I was in Arica (Ist town in Chile), thinking that'll be loads of time. So San Pedro to Santiago is MILES away! Look at a map...you wouldn't believe it! So I looked at what seemed half way and bought a bus ticket. I ask...