El Tatio Geysers"El Tatio is among the highest-elevation geyser fields in the world. El Tatio has over 80 active geysers, making it the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest in the world" I cannot BELIEVE the extreme temperatures in this place, just in the one day! I got picked up at 530am and driven about an hour and a half. We were warned to wrap up. I'm from Scotland I thought. I know all about layers. 5 should do. NO 5 DI...

The Beautiful Lagunas Wow! Well today I saw some OUTSTANDING scenery. I really don't think you can see how beautiful it was in the pics. Simply beautiful. All of it! So I was picked up just after 7am by the minibus, after getting up at 5 to ensure I got a shower as there are only 2 bathrooms for approx 50 people. The bathroom was free but there was zero water pressure. When I spoke to the guy this seemed normal and he told me instead to use the huge bottl...

Moon Valley The bus. The overnight bus....omg complete luxury! Huge seats, reclined to so almost horizontal, and had 3 seats all for meeee! Perfect. All for £17. 440 miles. that's further from me to my mums! So we all got on the bus down below (the scum in the cheaper seats all squished together upstairs) , settled down then 10 mins later the lights were off and we were plunged into complete darkness! I read my book for a while but then sleep took over c...

Parque Nacional Lauca Today we got up early and drove 2 and a half hours up (from sea level to 5000m!! fffreeezing!) to Parque Nacional Lauca. It was spectacular yes. But not great enough to warrant that long a drive. So we went, saw and came back. Oh, I did see some flamingos. But some woman got too close and scared them all away! And I know what you're thinking, no it wasn't me! Pics are ok I guess. See what you think yersel! So we went for dinner in ou...

Hanging out with Trevor in Arica Last night I met Trevor. He's Australian, 30 and has been travelling alone for the best part of a year. He's been EVERYWHERE and has an abundance of advice, good and bad, about Chile and generally the whole of South America. He has the same opinion as me that he LOVES Chile and was so glad to get out of Peru. I know you're all gonna say WHAT???? but I completely trusted this guy from the start so when he said he was going to ...