Tues 6th March- Well I arrived in Puntas Arenas earlier that the schedule said- I was there by 4pm. The flights were fine- we stopped of in 2 places to drop off and pick up passengers and changed planes in Santiago. The views from the plane were great- of the mountains and also many lakes. For the latter part of the journey clouds meant you couldn't see much but for a lot of the journey there were good views and I was glad I had a window seat! Skyairlines certain...

Well after just over 6 and a half months it was time to enter my next (4th) country- Chile! Slept badly probably worrying about waking up for leaving! Early start at 6 and got a bus at 7 (6 hours) to the border town of Tacna and then went across the border to Arica- you have to either go by bus or colectivo taxi as the two places are 65km apart. It's a bit confusing at the terminal in Tacna but ended up being an easy process; the driver of the taxi takes you to t...

22nd -29th Feb On Tuesday 22nd I travelled the 3 hours along the coast to Trujillo and then out to the beach town of Huanchaco. There were ruins to visit nearby and it had been recommended. In my first few days there I spent quite a lot of time looking at options for getting south to Patagonia, eventually buying a flight as the money for the flight would be money well spent because otherwise the north to south of Chile journey would take at least 4 days and nigh...

I managed to get to the beach in Mancora on Sunday for a few hours as I was feeling better :- ) I also changed my mind about my next stop which was going to be straight to another beach town but decided to stop off in a place called Chiclayo to visit some nearby archaeological sites. Bus to get there took about 6 hours. The place I picked out of the LP turned out to not be the best option- hard mattress (definitely the worst bed I had had so far!) and very hot ro...

Well, where to start when I am over a month behind writing my blog??!! I guess I'll start with where I am and work my way backwards. Trouble when you get more and more behind it becomes a bigger and bigger task and you start to forget things too, not ideal when this is my journal too. I shall do my best to remember but expect I'll end up missing out the little things that at the time I would have thought "must remember this"! Anyway, not much interest...