Lazy days in the patagonian Andes are hard to beat. The sun is shining of the snow, glimmering on the lake, some chill-out tunes are playing in the hostel, and tonight we are going out for Chocolate Brownies. Today we are pretty much doing zip, which is most welcome after some of the hikes we completed in Torres Del Paine National Park in Chile. So, our next chapter... We spent a few days in La Serena, only a mere 7 hours on a coach from Santiago, and as we are now on Chilean time this meant leaving late and taking 9 hours. We are getting used to this now. It is an older Chilean city so some nice buildings and all that. Ventured down to the beach, and also in land to the Elqui valley. Visited
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