dear all, ok i am still in the process of getting photos up. since sucre we have been to la paz , which is the unofficial capital of bolivia , it is really amazing with all its hustle and bustle, especially with all its markets and the weird people! we went to a thai retaurant there and the food was amazing i also managed to talk the owner into giving us free alcohol for 8 hours which was a bonus altho the restaurant shut at 11 we left at 4 thirty in the mor...

dear all, hope you are well. ok so i think my last update was just after santiago. so the next stop on the trip was san pedro ( i think ) and this is alot higher( altitude 2800m ) above sea level. there wasnt much to do here apart from a trip to the luna valley. As san pedro ( our last stop in chile) was in the middle of the desert this meant we it was a trip predominatly to walk around the landscape, the trip culminated with us walking up a massive sand dune...

hey guys, dont know if my map is very up to date, but i have left pucon , and we went via santiago to la serena. We spent a few days in santiago and they have the best jewlery ever ! and its cheap too. chille is generally more expensive than everywhere else i ahve been though. Santiago has amazing building and they have a great museum on the history of south america which was interesting to look around. We also walked a big hill with a statue of the virgin mary...

In pucon now, which seems to be the capital of all extreme activities, tomorrow i am hiking up an active volcano which has alot of snow at the top. the hostel we are stying in is so quaint , i have met a few americans , and irish people there , which has really persuaded me theat travelling on my own is going to be fine ! plus i have finished the life of pi and started a new book that i switched at the hostel called the rainmaker, by john grisham, i am almso...

just a quick entry to say we were in san martin which was just a very relaxed place slightly cold about 17 degrees and they loved deer as their favourite cuisine! Another place another hike, this one was meant to take an hour and a half, but the girls thinking they didnt need a guide to do wht was meant to be an easy trek )if we were given proper directions) got slightly lost and spent four and a half hours trying to find our way around this hill - mountain and...