So Lydia finally made her way down to me and woke me up banging on my door at 9am this morning, it was so awesome to see her. She took a 27 hour long bus ride to meet up with me. We are in La Serena, a beach town, and of course, we spent the day on the beach. Turns out the sun is a little hotter here than I Thought, and I fried a bit today. I will be investing in some SPF 30 here pretty quick. The city is quite nice, it is the second oldest city in Chile, founded in 1540ish. Everything is very Catholic looking, huge old churches, white stucco statues of Jesus all around. The hostel is a slummy little dive that Lydia picked out of the guide book to meet at, but we will tough it out another night or two, then move on up the coast.