Santiago From La Serena we headed to Santiago by bus for the rest of our time in Chile. We were glad to get to a city but soon realized that it wasn't much different from the rest of Chile that we had done…Our hotel was very nice though situated in the 'European' style district with cobbled streets, it was called 'Hotel Paris'. The 1st area we explored in Santiago was the Bellavista district, situated to the NE of the city centre. There is a huge rock hil...

San Pedro de Atacama From Antofagasta we headed to San Pedro de Atacama to see the desert. The bus was delayed by an hour, but with us not knowing much Spanish (or any) we didn't have a clue what was going on! Eventually it arrived and we were on our way to San Pedro… We arrived in San Pedro at about 4ish in the scorching heat! With our rucksacks on our backs we went looking for some accommodation. By the time we had visited 4 hostels with no luck we were...

Arica Time to head over the border into Chile! We got a bus from Arequipa to Tacna in Peru, then a taxi from Tacna over the border to Arica, Chile. At the Arequipa bus station an eager guy came over to us, warning us about Peru and and raving about Chile. Hmmm, slightly bias I think... it seems they don´t really like each other that much. Also we have found that the locals like to exagerate the danger that travellers face (thinking that they are a bit ghett...