I arrived at roughly 7 pm and easily got a taxi to my hostel. It was a very nice hostel. Everything was luxuary style. The bunkbeds were very spacious with plenty of room to sit up without banging your head on the bed above. There was a very large storage locker under the bed that my whole back pack would fit in and an individual reading light. The kitchen was very new and modern and so was the bathroom. After I had put my bag away I went for a walk around the c...

Driving into Valparaiso we passed many coloured houses on the hill. We also passed some police in riot gear and something on fire in the middle of the road. The bus also stopped on a road to let us off rather than in the bus station. So not really knowing where I was, I walked down the street a bit. Luckily I came to a taxi rank quite quickly. I got a taxi to the hostel. The people at the hostel were really nice and even gave me a free hot chocolate on arrival. I...

The bus journey was very pleasant and the bus attendant was very nice to me even though he couldnt speak English. The bus arrived in La Serena at 7am and I got a taxi to my hostel. I had to ring the doorbell several times before he answered. I think I woke him up! Although check in wasnt until 1pm my room was ready as there werent many people staying at the hostel, so he let me go to my room. I was the only one in it. I was still feeling quite tired so I layed do...

My bus to Arequipa left at 6:30am so I was up early. The seats at the back of the bus were on offer so I sat there saving 40 soles. However the bus attendents wanted to use the back seats to put things on so they asked me to move forward. The seats further forward did have slightly more leg room. So I got a posh seat for a cheap price, bonus! We stopped in Nasca for quite a while, I think we were waiting for our lunches to be loaded onboard. A local man that had ...

The next day I booked a bus ticket back to Lima as apparently it is easier to get a bus from Lima to Santiago than it was from Cusco. Also Neil and Matt were still in Lima sorting out new credit cards and passports so I wouldnt be on my own. I got the last seat on the 6pm bus. I had a very pleasant bus journey and arrived in Lima at 1pm. I went to Inka lodge where the boys were staying and was put in the same room as two weeks ago, so I chose the same bed. I was ...