Hotel Alcohuaz La Serena

well ok the fact there was a 4,000 people party is more to do with the fact that it was Independace day and not my birthday (but I got a mention!).<br><br>It was a great party and I got backj at 4:00am so a hard core party animal. Up at 8:00 as well so I think I will sleep well on my 17 hour bus ride today!

... in graffiti. This was one example she gave of how her countrymen have little cultura.<br><br>I wanted to go to the museum since the weather was appropriate for that but alas, a sign on the door informed me that the museum was on strike. Does that mean that the building itself refused to open its doors and turn on the lights for the displays? I settled for lunch at the cozy Café Colonial. There I ran into Nadia and Aga, European girls ...

Nous partons tot pour la gare routiere, aujourd'hui nous faisons une excursion dans la Valle del Elqui du nom de la riviere qui se jette au niveau de La Serena. La valle est etroite, aride et est essentiellement utlisee pour la culture du raisin. Apres la grande ville Vicuña, c'est une serie de petits villages distants de quelques kilometres. C'est extrement ensoleille, chaud, mais tres joli. Nous partons en bus pour le village le plus eloigne dans la vallee, Pisco ...

... average bus or airplane seat, and have leg rests designed to rest under your calves. I found the whole thing over-rated, probably because the seats weren´t designed for anyone over 5´-8" - when in the reclined position, the leg rests weren´t anywhere near my calves, so my legs were just sort of dangling in space. Not exactly comfortable, but it was still much better than a conventional bus, since the seats were rather plush, and there was quite ...

... south is Tierra del Fuego the "land of fire" at the tip of South America that Chile shares with Argentina and beyond that lies Antarctica. So now that you understand the geographic wonderland of where I'm living, here's my blog about my trip to "el Norte Chico". La Serena On Saturday morning Paulina, Roberto and I took off to head North towards La Serena, a beach town about 4 hours north of Santiago or as the guide ...

... Zu guter letzt gehen wir auf die Terasse des Observatoriums, von dort sehen wir noch mehr Sterne, Monde, Sternbilder. Der Sternenhimmel ist einfach atemberaubend, ich habe noch nie so viele Sterne gesehen!!! Einfach nur schoen!!! Ausserdem sieht man hier auf der Suedhalbkugel auch noch die magellanischen Nebel :) Es war ein sehr interessanter und schoener Abend. Um 1.00 Uhr nachts sind wir wieder zurueck im Hostel. Dilluns XXIV - XI - MMVIII Avui toca renovar i ...

... poor travellers!). We also found ourselves in a B&amp;B rather than a hostel, thanks to some misguided recommendations we took at face value...all part of the learning process though, suffice to say we won't be listening to any American students and we'll be trying to avoid staying in any German run accommodation in future. To be fair to the Germans, in general they seem to have no difficulty speaking in either German, English or Spanish however ...

... etwa 2 Stunden von La Serena entfernt, auf der es endlich Pinguine zu bestaunen geben sollte. Leider ist gerade Paarungszeit und alle haben sich in Bergnieschen versteckt. Aber dafuer gabs Delphine! Und natuerlich durfte auch ein Besuch in der Pisco-Brauerei nicht fehlen! Pisco ist heir so das Nationalgetraenk und wird aehnlich wie Wein aus Trauben gebraut! Komisch nur, dass im Brauhaus kein Alkohol ausgeschenkt werden durfte....

... lento y tarda una eternidad. Lo tomamos con calma, y conocemos a un par de chicas, una canadiense y otra australiana, y pasamos las horas hablando, leyendo, durmiendo o contemplando el paisaje de la pampa argentina, ya en la region de Patagonia, semidesertico, donde se ven de vez en cuando ñandus (como avestruces) y guanacos (como llamas pequeñas). El Calafate es un pueblo turistico 100%, sin nada que ofrecer mas que el glaciar a 80 km de alli, alquilamos un coche nada ...

... he was fast asleep. <br>.<br>On our way to La Serena our car broke down, so we had to take a taxi from there to our hotel. Which could have been worse, since the taxi only cost us $3.50 USD.<br><br>On the Monday night, Rodrigo was playing at a concert at a club by the beach called Brooklyn's, so me and Mariela headed down there to check him out. Of course it was my taste of music - Rock, and lots of it!<br><br>Then came Independence Day, which got a bit screwed up, since ...