Arriving just after noon time at San Pedro de Atacama in the north of Chile, went through customs and immigration at the town itself, the customs guy upon seeing my passport told me he has lots of Filipino friends and that there are many Pinoys in Chile, did not really meet anyone my whole time there but it's a long country(geographically speaking). we were all put into a room, lined us up and have us put our backpacks on the table and they did a quick search, asking questions if we brought drugs, meat, fruits etc. It was done in 3 mins. we were dropped off in the center of town, it was unpaved roads and it's very dusty and dry, we decided to leave our packs at the bus company office while we search for ... read more

From the city of Puno in Peru I booked my crossing to Bolivia, a bit worried though coz' just weeks before, there was a turmoil in the country as they ousted their President, we hear stories of burning tires blocking the roads even to the border towns, so i just hope for the best. At the border, we easily got stamped out of Peru and had to walk to the Bolivian frontier while the bus waits for us on the other side, it's a small border post and it looks like farmers also double up as border guards, anyway soon as I handed out my Philippine passport he went towards the wall where posted are the categorical lists of nationalities exempted or needing a visa to enter Bolivia, I went with him and we both started ... read more