El Viaje.

Nicole and I are preparing to make our trek across Northern Chile
and Southern Peru for winter vacation.
Our itinerary is as follows: (as we pretend to be the guys on "motorcycle diaries")

1. Copiapo
2. Iquique
3. Peru: Tacna, Arequipa, Cuzco (Machu Picchu, fingers crossed!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu
http://www.mp360.com/
4. Arica
http://www.arica.cl/
5. San Pedro de Atacama
http://www.sanpedroatacama.com/galeria.htm
6. La Serena
7. Santiago
8. Mi casa en Curico

We are traveling backpacker-style, via buses, for 2 weeks. We will be either sleeping on overnight buses (since Chile is a stretch!!!) or in hostels. We will be eating wonderful seafood (ceviche) on the beach, attending cultural festivals, shopping for cheap trinkets on the streets of Peru, watching the sunset over geysers (and other natural phenomenons), hiking through national parks, taking pictures that embody Chile's distinct history (ie. churches) and seeing one of the soon to be "wonders of the world".

That is, if everything goes as planned. Most likely, it won't. I will fill you in when i can!
xoxo