We arrive in Iquique at about 5am, on the bus ride in in see loads of tramps and some definite dodgy looking characters so although the plan was to walk the 10 blocks we decide to get a taxi. When we get to the hostel re beds already made and we jump in an go to sleep until mid morning. When we wake up we go for a wonder and find the supermarket for food. We then hit the beach for a couple hours. For some reason chile has skinted us and we mooch wondering what to...

We arrive in San Pedro after the tour at about ten o'clock in the morning. When we get off the bus a couple of people rush up and hand us some leaflets for some hostels. We go for the plushest (and most expensive one) but figure we deserve a few days in somewhere nice after the tour. The hostel is as good as it looks on the leaflet and we check in, dump the bags and wonder out to get cash as we have no chilien pesos. The first cash machine doesn't work either doe...