23/03/08 - 24/03/08 Dragoman Begins! Today we left santiago and headed north to the beach side resort of La Serena. We have two nights here. While there is not a great deal to do and see it is a great chance to relax on the beach and watch the pelicans and other birds drop out of the sky and dive into the water for fish. My first swim in the ocean for a long time. The body surfing was fun even though there was a lot of rubbish in the water! 25/03/08 Vicuna ...

06/02/08 This evening we arrived in Santiago. Not too much to say other than the Hostel is nice and there is a bar/resturant downstairs that we headed straight to for dinner. 07/02/08 Today we headed out and about to explore some of Santiago. I had no real expectations of Santiago but it didn´t somehow live up to my ¨non existant¨expectations...Odd but true. To be fare though we did only manage to cover a third of the city from Plaza Italia in...