Geo: -33.0206, -71.5548After a nice breakfast we left the hotel for two hour coach trip to Valparaiso. Not before we had half an hour of chaotic organisation on behalf of the rep. The coach trip was through the wine region...there also seemed to be a lot of corn growing there too. We didn't see much of Valparaiso as we booked into the terminal and embarked straight away. We had champagne as we boarded and then went to a terrace at the back of the ship for some lunch. After a short wander around the deck we found our room and As luck may have it, the bags arrived at our room soon after. It didn't take long to unpack. We then went to the outside pool for a quick swim, a dunk in the jacuzzi and ... read more

Geo: 51.5001, -0.126236We left Heathrow at 20:10 for Paris. Good old Air France, the flight was on time and it was a short walk between gates. It took an hour to get to Paris. It was then 13 hours flying time to Santiago. It was a good job it was overnight as the entertainment system was terrible.... read more

Geo: 64.0674, -16.1691Set the alarm for 7am as we have a long drive ahead of us. First in for breakfast and on the road to Jokulsarlon by 8am. Jokulsarlon is a lake where ice fractures off the Breioamerkurjokull glacier, and floats through a causeway to the sea. It was only 315 kilometres (4 hours 30mins in the car each way)! What an amazing sight... Well worth the drive. Apart from fantastic scenery on the way; snow-capped mountains, waterfalls, miles of flat volcanic and rocky plains etc, the lake was amazing - huge blocks of blue/white ice bobbing around. We wandered down to the beach on the other side of the causeway) it was surreal... littered with huge chunks of ice that had washed ashore onto the black volcanic sandy beach. It didn't look natural, no matter ... read more

Geo: 64.9631, -19.0208It's very quiet here! Started day with a healthy breakfast before heading for Thingvellir National Park. Thingvellir is where everything 'Iceland' began such as the laws, religion and social structure. Lovely views, frozen lake, cute church, rugged landscape and really windy. Met some scuba divers in the car park (are they crazy? Do they know how cold the water is likely to be?) Area is now a UNESCO world heritage site. We then went to Geysir where we saw steam venting out of the earth, the geysers (one sent hot water in to the air every 10 minutes) and we visited the gift shop selling traditional Icelandic produce (lots of Woolley Pulleys and Tim bought his first Icelandic pin badge) We had Icelandic (lamb) soup for lunch and then drove 10k to Gullfoss on ... read more

Geo: 40.556, 14.2212Caught train from Meta to Sorrento and then the Hydrofoil to Capri (30 mins). The island has various attractions spread all over so we hired a moped to see as much as possible. The only vehicles on the roads were tourist taxis, the local buses and others who had hired a moped so pretty quiet. The roads were few but all twisty and undulating. We visited Ana Capri, a picturesque inland town with lots of small shops and places to eat. We bought a pin badge for Tim's collection, a Pandora moped bead for my charm bracelet to remind me of our Amalfi experience and most importantly a sandwich to eat en-route. We stopped at Faro lighthouse overlooking an inlet where a few small boats had anchored and local children were diving into the ... read more