Castro, Chile, South America I arrived in Puerto Montt after a nice twelve hour bus ride. I think I got 3-4 hours of sleep, so I’m pretty happy with that. I got into the main bus terminal at 9:30am and found the next bus heading to Castro on Chiloe at 10:45am. There’s not much gong on in the bus terminal, so I just sat around and waited there. The next four hour bus ride proved to be so much worse…
Santiago, Chile, South America I had a good last day in Santiago today. It started with a pretty quiet morning at the hostel. They actually brought me breakfast in my room, which I have never had before. It wasn’t much. Just a ham and cheese sandwich on typical Chilean bread, with juice, a banana, and a breakfast bar. I’m very impressed with this hostel though. It’s been really nice, and the owner Mario has been awesome. I checked out around…
Santiago, Chile, South America Today was a very quiet day, getting used to being on my own again. I woke up at the Ibis and went down to have breakfast. I’ve been traveling alone for almost eight months now, so you’d think I’d be used to having breakfast by myself, but it seemed really strange. In just a few days I got really used to sharing breakfast with Melissa, so now I have to get used to having it on…
Santiago, Chile, South America Today was Melissa’s last day here in Chile, so we made sure to really enjoy ourselves. We had a nice relaxed morning at the hotel. We had an amazing breakfast that included eggs and ham, a few fresh fruit juices, freshly cut fruits, all kinds of breads, and even some different pies! What a great way to start the day! We checked out of the hotel around 9:30am and headed down the mountain to meet for…
Valparaiso, Chile, South America We had an awesome day today! From beginning to end, it was perfect! We got up early, had a good breakfast at the hotel, and then caught our bus at 8:30am to go to Casablanca. We had a bike tour starting at 9:45am with our guide Angela, and we were about ten minutes late. We were the only ones on the tour though, so it didn’t really matter. Angela came out an met us on the…
Santiago, Chile, South America We got up really early this morning, and headed out to the bus station for 7am. We didn’t have time to get breakfast at the hotel, so we ended up just grabbing a couple of ham and cheese rolls at the bus terminal to have on the bus. It was only about an hour and a half, but it was a really nice ride. We came into Olmue at this point where all you could see…
Santiago, Chile, South America We had another great day today, even though it didn’t quite go according to the plan. By the plan, I mean the calendar of possible things that we could do, that Melissa put together in the last few weeks. She had things planned for every day we are here, and today we were supposed to go to a national park to visit the hot springs, and then maybe hike around. We found out this morning that…
Santiago, Chile, South America I had an awesome first day with Melissa in Santiago today! I was able to sleep for almost the entire flight from Easter Island, which really impressed me. I got into Santiago a little after 5am, and got my bag without a problem. Melissa’s flight was supposed to arrive at 6:18am, but it was delayed about 25 minutes. I had plenty of time to find the international arrivals area and was waiting for her when she…
Hanga Roa, Chile, South America I had a really nice, relaxing last day on the island. I returned the car at about 9am, after filling it up with gas that only cost 8,000 pesos ($15). I thought it was going to be a lot more expensive than that for filling it up on the island. I met Andrea at 9:15am and we walked over to the last cave we wanted to see. It was at the base of Orongo, and…
Hanga Roa, Chile, South America I had another really good day on the island today. I picked up my rental car from Insular Rentals, and they were awesome. The woman let me come at 8:30am instead of their normal 9am opening time. We went through the paperwork and I got the car at 8:45am and hit the road. I really wanted to get to the quarry (Rano Raraku) when it opened at 9am, but I didn’t get there until 9:15am….