normal day in the life of a Backpacker

Well as not a lot going on today, thought I´d reveal all as to what a normal day in the life of a backpacker involves, so here goes.................

7:30am

Arrived into Arica bus station and straight into the restaurant for breakie, its dangerous to pick accommodation on an empty stomach (Tip 1)

8:15am

Got taxi to Hostel where Ben was and haggled over the price, got em down from P14000 to P10000 /room/night (Tip 2 never accept the 1st price quoted). Then relaxed in hostel

Mid day

Time to venture outside, so we got looking for a supermarket. Ben had a rough idea of where it was, then it was time to ask a nearby cop (Tip 3 local cops are always willing to help in directions, once u try speaking some bit of Spanish)

Mid day +15mins

Shopping time, great to be in a Supermarket for the first time in about 4 weeks - hard to find in these parts. Made up for it though and bought enough for 2 breakies, 2 lunches and a dinner. (Tip 4 Check out if veggies etc have to be weighed, saves embarrassment at checkout)

1:00pm

Back to the hostel and made lunch. Really felt like home, buttering the bread for the ham and cheese sandwiches.

1:30pm

Time for a snooze, had been on a bus all night so had a little lie down

3:30pm

Wakey, wakey time to see whos around, all quite so watched 2nd half of Liverpool v Fulham (live on Fox Sports and great 5-1 win for The Pool)

5:30pm

Time to bepreppingg for the dinner (seeing as we bought all the stuff). Bit strange cooking (as only 2nd dinner we have cooked in 3 months!) but all ended well and had a mighty feed -rice, beef and veg (carrots, green peas, mushrooms, peppers, onions, garlic) flavoured with Thai Sweet Chilly sauce that Ben had in his bag!

7:30

Tidying up time, including washup and drying (Tip 5 Move to Chile as things dry much faster ie no need for a towel!)

8:30pm

Finished the last of the bottle of Chilean White wine (well best to support the locals eh...)

10:30pm

Retired to the room for the night (via here to write this!!)

Note Also dispersed through out the day were trips to toilet and internet, both of which are free here but elsewhere you always have to pay for

That's about it, definitely not the same as being at home eh, gnite.................