After a very long night bus I made it up to the deserts of northern Chile to a little town called San Pedro de Atacama.It was so tiny - I felt like I was in the wild west!Never had I been to a place so desolate but so charming.There I met up w/ my friend Johanne the Canadian and went w/ her on a tour to Laguna Cejar and the salt flats. When we got to the salt lake we all went in and it was like the dead sea (very salty - you totally float - feet too!) but the wat...

When we got to Hanga Roa we got our leis of fresh flowers & it was very exciting since it was my first taste of Polynesia.Our hotel, the Tauraá, was very beautiful and they brought us fresh fruit juice upon arrival.We had lunch at a small place & I had some remo remo fish in garlic & it was awesome!Then we walked along to see the moai that were close to town.They were so cool!We also saw a beautiful rainbow along the way then went back to the close m...

I met up w/ my friend Katie & her husband Steve in Santiago.We took the cable car up a nearby hill & it was a nice view.At the top we tried this drink that Katie had heard about called mote con huesillo - very sweet iced tea w/ peaches & barley.It was very good but very sweet.We took the funicular down & that was pretty cool.Then we went to one of Pablo Neruda's (famous Chilean poet & communist) 3 houses called la Chascona (meaning flaming hai...

I walked around the town of Valparaiso, Chile enjoying the pretty & interesting street graffiti.I ate at a cute place, Café del Jardin where a Chilean/Brazilian woman explained to me what I should do.I walked around a bit more then booked my cooking class for the next morning.When I got back to the hostel, I met cool girl named Joanne from Ottowa, Canada in my room who I ended up hanging out w/ for the rest of my stay. The next day I learned how to make ...