Hello again, I spent 30 mins trying to upload my photos at the last hotel with no luck, so it may be a while before you see any. In my last blog I was in Potosi but I had not even ventured out of the hotel yet so i didn´t have much to tell. Later that day I went to explore the town which was crowded and manic with cars and buses everwhere and cholitas (typical bolivian women who wear a certain type of skirt, genrally wear a bowler hat and wear their hair in ...

Hey everyone, Since my last blog we left the little cowboy town of san pedro to be met by our 4by 4 truck drivers who drove us through the atacama desert for three days. It started off badly as we were meant to be leaving at 8.30 but our alaram didn´t go off. Instead we were woken up by some of our group knocking on our door at 8.30 giving us minutes to dress and make sure we ahdn´t left out passport/money/camera behind!! If that wasn´t bad enough, when we g...

Hi everyone, After a long 17 hour bus ride we arrived in the little town of san pedro. As we walked towards the hostel it actually felt like we had stepped into a cowboy movie...all we were waiting for was the sheriff to appear from around the corner. With dusty streets and little houses with different coloured shutters surrounded by mountains it really is as though we have stepped into a different world to santiago or la serena. That´s one of the great thing...

Hey everyone, Well I´m sorry to tell you all that I wrote (if I may sy so myself) an AMAZING entry...a proper little narrative story when the computer decided to delete it ALL!! SO no I have lost my enthusiasm so I am going to have to resort to bullet pointing again. After my last entry we arrived in la serena by bus. The bus was so much better than the ones i have endured 24 hour trips in on the way to skiing so hope that it will be like this for the rest ...

Hey everyone, We have arrived!! I kow this is poor effort for my first blog entry but lots of ppl are waiting to use the internet so I´m going to bullet point a summary of the trip so far: Arrive in Santiago airport after two 9 hour flights and a 7 hour wait in Atlanta airport I found out I passed my exams in Atlanta so I def stay here and won't have to go home-hoooorah but couldn't even have a drink to celebrate in US so celebrated with ice-cream instead :...