Last night was officially horrific. We got the boys off to sleep finally at 8.00pm then Paul and I enjoyed a few wines and some time minus the little people. We were in bed early ourselves and in a deep snooze until Josh woke with a wail wanting the loo which was of course at the end of the long hall. By the time I got back with him Dan had woken up and it was all on. PARTY TIME at 12am according to the boys who were literally jumping on the beds and yahooing. This went on for hours culminating in our neighbours banging on the wall. At this point we were tearing our hair out and the only thing we could do was bundle the boys up and throw our track pants on to take them out for a moonlight walk. So there we were pushing the strollers around in the middle of the night begging the boys to go to sleep. Evntually around 4am they dropped off and we didn´t get up until 11am this morning. The guest house owners kindly gave us a late breakfast and much needed coffee. Tonights plan of action is to have a really late dinner and try putting them to bed around 11pm. Hopefully if we get up at a normal time tomorrow they will start getting over the time difference. Fingers crossed. Valparaiso (correct spelling)is fantastic. It is a literal maze of vivid old houses on cobbled streets that sprawl up the hillsides. Wr ventured on the Ascensors which are like a wooden box you sit in, a cable then pulls them up the hillsides. The boys thought this was great fun. I have just apologised for their noise levels to the girl at the computer next to me as she was the poor thing in the room next to ours last night. She is probably thinking like we were last night ie: what the hell are they doing travelling with a couple of kids! I forgot to mention our city tour of Santiago. I have a feeling we paid too much for it as that and the airport transfers were the only things I prebooked from NZ. We did enjoy it though. Santiago is a real mix of the old and new. It has a fading elegance with the grand old buildings next to concrete office blocks. Stray docile dogs are everywhere and you just get used to them after awhile. There are lots of parks and art features everywhere. We were taken up a hill for an amazing view over all of the city and with the Andes in the background it was pretty spectacular. The Pre Columbian Musueum was interesting even if we did have to whizz past everything for the boys sake. A highlight was a Mummy two thousand years older than its Egyptian counterparts. The Chileans are very helpful and courteous and they love the boys (dont know why cos Dan scowls at anyone who says Hola or hello to him as those who know him will be able to picture).Apart from last nights debacle I think the boys are taking things in their stride and they did think it was pretty neat to be out in the dark last night!