Viaje al Norte

hello All!
I am fortunate enough to be writing this from my room with the lovely, beautiful, wonderful Ms. Bailey Valian blowing her hair right next to me! Amelie and I got up at the (dark) hour of 5:15 AM to catch a bus to Santiago to get to the Airport to pick her up, and we are all so excited (as you can imagine)! Tomorrow night we will begin our journey up the Northern coast of Chile for the next week! We will begin by going to Chanaral, a port town with tours to la Isla de Pan de Azucar (with a wildlife reserve); then we will head up to Antofagsata, where we will shop for food to bring into our final destination of San Pedro de Atacama! In San Pedro we will encounter hot springs, and the beautiful town of San Pedro (in the desert). We will be going by bus for the journeys, and it will take about 22 hours in total from Vina to San Pedro. We will be staying in hostels the whole way, and are sosososo excited! i will try and find an internet cafe to keep you all updated, but if not, I'll be sure to write all about it when we get back (sometime next Friday).
Caio!
Celine :)