So, the next day, Jamue and I caught the bus to Valparaiso, a beach town about a couple of hours away. On arrival in the town, it immediately had a different feel to it than Santiago. It´s much more laid-back but the working-class culture is always close. For the most part, the people are nice, but the younger generation seems to have a ´bee in it´s bonnet´about something. They´re rebellious and fights in the clubs are common. I saw ...

After saying my goodbye´s to the people I´d met at the hostel, I took a taxi to the airport. I practiced some more Spanish with the taxi driver, chatting about football and music. I told him I`m a Liverpool fan, so we got onto talking about the Beatles, which is a favourite band of his.On the plane, I read up on Chile and some of the hostels I could stay at. Some of the views from the plane were great, as we approached the red rocky slopes and into th...

After saying goodbye to the folks at Manchester airport, I once again began my journey into the unknown. I had never been south of the Equator before and had no idea what life in South America was going to be like.My initial destination was Buenos Aires, flying with Iberia, via London and Madrid. The flight arrived into Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport at around 8am Buenos Aires time. I spent some time chatting to a French teaching assistant who was sitt...

Getting through the Thailand-Malaysia border didn't take long. The lone security guard ushered us through without checking our bags at all! The guard was sat in his chair looking rather apathetic, so after the checkpoint to check our passports, we were on our way again, heading into Malaysia. In the van, I could read my book or try to get some shut-eye. The lack of sunlight into the early evening left me with only one option.Some time later, around 8pm, we st...

When we arrived at the island of Ko Phi Phi from Krabi, there was a mad rush at the shore's hotel agent kiosks. Milena and I took it easy, attempting to barter here and there, but they try to charge ridiculous rates for roooms, thinking people will agree when they're told all rooms on the island have gone. We believed none of it, and headed to the north east of the island and found a number of rooms at reasonable rates.Our time on the island was spent sun...