View from deck before breakfast
Had a beautiful fresh fruit salad breakfast and asked the owner if we could leave our bags in the hostel until we left for the night bus at 6.00pm. She said most backpackers did this and let us use her cellar space. It was yet another sunny day and we spent the morning touring the streets admiring the buildings and drinking coffee in some art and book Cafes. Called at the hostel, packed our bikes and rode into town….then decided to push along the footpaths as the buses and taxis were so aggressive. Got to the bus station and packed all our panniers and rolls into our lightweight plane holdall and waited. At 7.50 the bus arrived and at 8.00 it pulled away! We just had to remove the wheels and pay the driver $5,000.00 pesos….a lot easier than we expected. We paid extra for a sleeping berth in a little cabin at the bottom of the bus which accommodated just 9 seats. We had a very comfortable journey to Temuco via Santiago arriving at 5.40pm. I think I may have been the only snorer!
View inside hostel
Valparaiso
