We didn't even have to wait, a truck leaving the gas station signalled at us to get in, I went in, he said he was going all the way to Copiapo so we got in and went on the ride. The journey was a long one and particularly uncomfortable for me because I was sitting on the bit between the seats, its a raised platform covering the engine below, it was relatively soft foam/rubber but it was small and I had near to no leg room so was trying to get comfortable constantly moving around the whole journey. The driver was a nice guy, quite young but had a couple of kids, he didn't like much music, some hip hop but mostly local Chilean music, he didn't like football, he didn't seem to like anything really. He showed us some of his music and I think there must have only been about six or seven songs on repeat, I didn't know it was repeated as all that sort of music I have heard sounds the same anyway, I am not a fan, I'm not saying its rubbish just that I personally think it is. Somehow when we got to Copiapo he managed to miss the turn off so we drove on another 10km or so incase there were more but none appeared after the km went by. He stopped and turned a lorry around on a two lane highway, one lane for each direction of traffic I mean, well done I have to say, it looked quite difficult to me but he managed to do it with ease. He drove back towards the junction, took it and then dropped us off on the outskirts of town, he had to drop the truck off at some workshop or something. We were left on out own and had to find a place to camp, we found a perfect location, not too far from the road but far enough so the lights and noise didn't bother us and it wasn't fenced off, too good too be true, just as I had got my tent bag down we were surrounded by what could have been wild savage dogs. They weren't but were bloody annoying following us and barking all the time. We left but went back to a spot a little to the side, it was good, soft ground, the pegs went in easily and stayed in, was a very comfortable nights sleep especially with my new mat. In the morning I realised it was so soft because the ground was made up from chalk, it must be a chalk hill or something, it looked like sand but was much finer and got everywhere, lucky there was no wind or rain or anything otherwise it would have been quite a different story.