So we left Pucon and arrived in Valdivia, a university town located on a river. There wasn't masses to do there but the main spectacle was the riverside fish market. The stall owners gut their fish behind the market on the riverside, and therefore attract hundreds of birds (including the biggest birds I had ever seen in my life) all fighting for the cut offs, and sealions which live in the river and climb up onto the side to get snacks! They do quite a good show ...

1. Cry 2. Vomit 3. Give up at the first stop. So I didn't actually do all three of these, but I came pretty close to the first two and I did actually do the third! We arrived in Pucon not actually thinking about climbing the volcano, but it appears thats what pretty much everyone goes there to do, and it sounded kinda fun and not tooooo difficult, although clearly I was deluding myself about that, so we decided to give it a go. Although weather forecast said ...

Valparaiso is a lovely little bohemian city built up from the port into the hills. It has a very arty vibe, with little craft shops and art galleries everywhere, rows of different coloured houses ascending the slopes, and masses of graffiti everywhere. In Chile graffiti is not illegal as they see it as a form of art and expression, so everywhere you go there is graffiti art of varying degrees, but Valparaiso seems to be in the centre of this! We spent our first ...

Hello everyone! Ok this is the third time I'm writing this so I'm pretty pissed off by now! We had a pretty good journey to SA, although there was NO INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT, which I was supremely unimpressed with! We got a little taste of Manchester in Buenos Aires as they played Oasis on repeat the whole time we were waiting there! And we arrived at our hostel in Santiago without mishap although pretty tired! Having pretty much missed a nights sleep we dec...