I still can't sleep here in Santiago - even with a really nice bed and complete silence at night I wake up on and off all night. As I couldn't sleep I got up at around 5am and spent the morning packing and surfing the Internet. After lunch I made my way to the city to check out the street market and hopefully climb the famous Sant Cristobal hill. On arriving in the city I was met by absolute chaos, people here have become accustomed to how crowded it is and push ...

Today I wanted to check out some hiking stores and I also needed to prepare dinner for Kelly & Vira. In the morning I sat down with Yergus and he gave me a map and a list of places I have to visit in the South of Chile. I decided to cook the dinner in the morning so I could have the rest of the afternoon in the city. I made my trusty and always enjoyed Tortilla Australianus and as there was an oven I used that to bake it as opposed to sly frying it; I also ma...

After about two hours sleep I was up and raring to go; doing my exercises, having a big breakfast and planning my day. Kelly and Vira left by 7am and I waited around for Yergos to awake so I could get some directions from him. I then took the bus into downtown and wondered round very confused and trying to figure out a plan for the day. I decided to to try make the free walking tour that was at 2pm today so whilst waiting I ran around to all the banks trying to d...

After some sleep but a lot of aches and pains the bus attendant came around at 7am opening our blinds and giving us more snack packs. I was lucky this morning and was given two snack packs which consisted of water and a very tasty caramel biscuit. A few more movies were put on but unfortunately all had no sound and were only with Spanish subtitles - although I watched them I am sure I lost a lot in bad translation. We had been promised 5?snacks during the 23 hour...

Today is my last day in San Pedro Atacama thankfully. Pablo and Luis went out lastnight and as I was getting up they were just getting home - glad I decided to pass on the offer to join them. In the morning I prepared some food for the long bus ride - the company claims to provide snacks but who knows what or how good they will be. I then headed into the town for one last walk around and to change some American dollars as all the ATMs in town charge $8+ to draw m...