I woke up around 7am from the steward on the bus who was shaking me to give me my breakfast. It was quite meager. It consisted of some juice box, which in general I do not like much, so I offered mine to an older couple sitting close by, and a oatmeal raisin cookie, which I quickly devoured. There really wasn't much to this day. It was a lot of reading on the bus and watching the scenery. It was neat because for most of the trip the Andes Mountains were on my left and the cliffs down to the crashing waves of the Pacific were on my right. Quite the contrast.
Around 3 or 4 we arrived at a rest stop, where we could get out and purchase a cheap meal provided by the bus company. Cheap it was, but actually, it was quite good. It included chicken, rice, jello, a soda, salad, and bread. What more could you ask for. I also treated myself to some chocolate at the stop. I felt I deserved it after almost 20 hours on the bus.
We arrived at the Santiago bus station around 6pm. The sun had already gone down and it looked a little suspicious, so I took a taxi to my hostel. I am glad I did because it ended up taking almost 20-30 minutes in the taxi to get to my hostel. When I arrived, I found a great hostel. They welcomed me, showed me my bed, and informed me that it was free pisco sour night. Weee! After a 23 hour bus ride I was ready for a drink. This hostel had many people from the UK staying there, which I always find really fun. I chilled and talked with them for a couple hours and had some pisco sour. I eventually decided to go to bed. It had been a long enough day.
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