I had no idea that it would take the whole day waiting in the unforgiving sun, we must have been there from about 14.00 until about 22.30 when we decided to call it a night and find some place to sleep. There wasn't much about, mostly dirt on the side of the road or maybe the beach but from our experience in Los Vilos we weren't really up for risking it again. We finally found a nice soft patch away near the town but far away enough not to be disturbed, it was once a fast flowing river but now it was just a dried up old river bed with a nice soft sandy base and not too many stones in the way. The sleep was good and we got up early to try and get our ride north. We weren't to know but ended up waiting nearly half the day, by about 13.00 I got fed up and cut my losses, went back into town and got a bus all the way to Arica, my stop off location on the way to La Paz. I split from Dries and was now on my own, he went on his way north and on to Cuzco, Peru and I was off to Arica. I got a night bus so I could have a nights sleep on the bus saving me having to find a place to stay.