We left Santiago early in the morning and headed for La Serena. On the way we stopped at Pichidangui, for lunch and to see a local church perched on the edge of a cliff facing the ocean and with plants growing inside the church. When we arrived in La Serena we all went out to dinner and then from there we went to a Karaoke bar where Matt managed...

We had the most fantastic day visiting the Reserva Nacional Pinguino de Humbolt located at Caleta Punta Choros, 100km North of La Serena. The Park is composed by 3 small islands, and the access is via small fishing boats. The park was created to protect the small community of Humbolt Penguins which live from Peru to South of Chile...small little...

Right, the first entry. sorry it took so long for me to get round to this but itīs been a busy few days. I also know that iīm starting this halfway through Chile but I canīt be bothered to go through the whole of the last three weeks and everyone reading this probably knows already. Anyway, at the moment Iīm sitting on a computer outside in the ...

As you have probably seen I have managed to search the city of La Serena and located a USB cable. The first store did not sell one and told me that there was no store that sold them in La Serena. Well, I proved that chica wrong and found one at the next store. I almost want to go back and show it to her but itīs a far walk. Moving on...I spent t...

I like this place a lot so far. Itīs a gives off a much friendlier and safer appeal than the last two places weīve been. It also seems to have a more western feel and i could see it fitting in very well somewhere on the Queensland coast. We took it easy on the Fri Night after our 7 hour bus ride. We then went to the beach the next day but there ...

Koen wanted to try out some surfing.  So, I told him that I'd go out with him and show him my basic knowledge of the sport.  So, we rented some boards and some suits and headed down to this nice little point break.  While it wasn't ideal conditions, it was fun nontheless.  We probably should have waited until later in the day...

Monday - Close to La Serena there is a huge penguin colony and a group of around 150 dolphins (what is the collective name for dolphins?) so Lynette and I went on a tour to find them. We paid 25000pesos (25GBP - eeeek, expensive, but for the promise of lots of dolphins....) for the tour which left at 8am a...

A 7 hour bus trip north from Valparaiso has brought me to La Serena. I was supposed to be on a tour of the surrounding area today, but as they couldnīt get enough people to go the trip was cancelled which was a little dissapointing so as there is not much else left to do around here I thought I would update my blog before I embark upon a 16 hour...

I can't believe that I didn't want to come here sooner because there are so many worthwhile things to do in La Serena that it's a wonder it isn't on the radar of more travellers. Statistically most of them are probably really stupid though, so it's up to us people in the know to spread the word about the joys of Chile's premier beach resort. I'm...

nach langer warmer busfahrt kommen wir in einer schoenen kleinen, recht ueberschaubaren stadt in mitten voelliger einoede an. die von uns ausgesuchten hostals sind natuerlich voll, aber bei muttern is ja immer noch platz... also verfrachtet uns der eine zu seiner mum, die zufaellig auch noch 5 freie zimmer hat. hier ist es sehr schoen ruhig und ...