Chillin, in Chillan, in Chile

After finding each other in the hostel this morning we decided to have some breakfast and then head to Chillan, a town about 6 hours south of Santiago. We decided to go there as the word was the skiing would be cheaper. Santiago's metro system is great, like the London underground it is clean and efficient and it dropped us right at the bus station and we were happy to find a bus leaving 20 minutes later. The buses in Chile are excellent, clean, comfortable, fast and with a toilet. We really had only one stop where Kel and I managed to almost get left behind while trying to buy a hot dog. The views frm the bus were great, we followed the snow covered Andes south to Chillan.

We got to Chillan around 5.30 and walked through town looking for a ski information centre that didn't exist. The tourist information office was helpful though, but we would have been screwed if we didn't speak any spanish. We are surprised at how little english is spoken in Chile. We had hamburgers for dinner and went to bed ready for an early start in the morning. Our hostel was called the Canadian Hostel, which was really just someone's spare room, but it was clean, friendly, had heating and the bed was comfortable.