Monday 8th March 2010

We arrived in Le Serena at around 16.30pm before going to found our hostel we decided to buy tickets for our next destination as we wanted to get the overnight bus tomorrow night. This turned out to be a bit more difficult than the first time but we got there in the end. From the station the hostel El Punto was only 10 minute walk away and we managed to find it very easily.The hostel was very nice and felt very Spanish even though it is German run.

After we had checked in we had a coffee before going into to the town centre to explore and spotting many of the 29 churches that Le Serena is famous for and many other impressive buildings. We had a walk through a market into the main square stopping at the bank and the supermarket before going for dinner at a really nice restaurant we both had pasta tonight. After dinner we walked back to the hostel and had a quick beer before getting snuggled up in bed as it was quite cold tonight.

Tuesday 9th March 2010

We got up this morning at around 10am and had breakfast before getting showered and dressed and checked out the hostel at 11am. We then used the internet to sort out accomadation for the next few days. We left the hostel at around 1pm and walked to the beach which was about a half an hour walk away it wasn´t the best beach we had ever seen but it was pleasant enough so we had a 45 minute walk along the beach before stopping for lunch at a beachside cafe which was really nice.

After lunch we walked back along the Promanade into to town we came across a very crazy dog on the way that had decided it was a really good idea to chase the cars running in the middle of the road trying to bite there tyres it was very amusing to watch but we were really concerned he was going to get run over but he was having a whale of a time so who are we to stop him!!!

Once back into the town centre we went to use the internet to Skype Mum before popping back to the hostel briefly and then we went back into to town to go to the supermarket to get supplies for our 17 hour bus journey tonight. After the supermarket we went back to the same restaurant as the previous night as they had been so nice and the food was really good again.

After dinner we returned to the hostel to get a shower before leaving there at 10pm to walk to the bus station to catch our bus at 11pm. The bus came on time we had decided to go Cama which is a bit like buisness class we decided in the bus world anyway - well reclining chairs, blankets, pillows and food so we were very happy and comfy ready for 17 hours of bus journey hell!!!