Hotel Francisco De Aguirre La Serena

ola <br>jarrive de mes 17h de bus et ..... tout va bien!!!!<br>jetais en plus a cote dun chilien tres sympa dc le voyage bien passe, meme pas eu besoin de me lever pour aller uax toilettes bringuebalantes!<br>changeant de programme a la sortie du bus, au lieu daller chez une femme tres gentille parait il, je vais chez un gars qui parle un peu le francais et qui lui se situe en plein centre<br>c plus pratique pour un jour<br>bon cest às top, stylle gregorien, c pas trop mon ...

Happy Valentine's Day We left Santiago on a mini-bus at about 9am this morning. There was 6 of us on board plus the driver and his guide. We were also due to pick someone else up from Bahia Inglesa. On the bus was Rodrigo the driver and Yersun the guide plus ; James from London Bridgitte from Austria And Claudia & Aneka, two identical German twins! Yes, I thought about it.....and no, I didn't ask them!! We will also be picking up Allison, who is from Calgary in Canada. We were ...

... afternoon ! The three of us decide to drive into the desert and up on a hill to get a birds eye view of "DAKAR CITY."I lead the way as we ride through sand and loose gravel, four stray dogs start chasing me nipping at my heals. I keep going while Mike and Jaun stop to get their pictures of the city. One of the dogs latches onto my left foot as I am turning. His teeth digging deeper.I honk the horn and it must have scared him for a split second because he let go ...

... beautiful Spanish landscapes? No. Claudia Bassols, the beautiful Spanish actress from Barcelona who co-hosts the show? CHECK! I've been to many of the places featured on the show and eaten much of the food - I've had enough of both, but will always return to Spain, simply to admire the stunning natural beauty of Spanish senoritas, that is epitomized by the lovely Ms. Bassols. And if for some strange reason she is reading this blog - Claudia, will you marry me?

... nothing particularly special. I also went inland a bit up the river Elqui valley to the Pisco (alcoholic spirit) producing region of the country. Really pretty scenery but absolutely nothing to do so I spent about 30 mins there after a 2 hours bus and got straight back on it. Bit of a filler town this as I wait to go to Mendoza next for christmas.

... changed considerably, Chile was getting greener and at one point with the white cliffs and beach I thought I was on the 'Military Road' on the west coast of the IOW, it was just like home! Our hotel in La Serena added to this in that it consisted of a Victorian style house with high ceilings, wooden floors, and dado rails the lot, even more to make you feel like home! Unfortunately the four of us were out the back in the cold 'garage style' extension but still no complaints ...

... death as it was so cold, and i wore my sleeping bag to bed!!!! so we didnt get up to much in this town apart from a bit of shopping, a strole round the lake for some photo opportunities, we saw 2 volcanoes from afar and got really really drunk lol!!! we crab danced in the street like 8 of us, i swear im taking the crab dance global!! anyway we left Puerto varas for Pucon, also known as the rainiest place in Chile, how lucky we were, it didnt rain once!!! i did manage ...

Our travels take us back to the Pacific coast which here in Chile is home to a stretch of white sand beaches and summer homes from elegant condos to cabanas. Our first day was a long one but enjoyable and tireless so we went further than we normally would have. We enjoyed the easy pace with the rolling surf on one side, warm tawny colored Andes on the other. The sky is traditionally clear hence ...

... a lot of the time it was! I did some touristy stuff as well, which I hadn't done before. I went to Isla Damas, which is a part of the Parque Nacional Pinguino de Humboldt. It's a pretty amazing place, sort of what I can imagine the Galapagos to be like, only I think the Galapagos are more tropical. This place is lots of rough rocks and lovely white beaches, with heaps beyond heaps of of marine wildlife, such as dolphins, sea lions, penguins and all sorts of birds. We were surrounded by ...

... right on the road going out of town and there was a space on the side of the road perfect for the cars to go off the road to stop and pick us up. So we decided to stick around a little longer.<br><br>And guess what! We hadn't stood there longer than 7 minutes when a man on a red pickup jeep stopped for us. We asked him if he could drop us off at La Negra, he said he could, so we put our backpacks at the back of the car and we left. But as we started talking to Pedro ...