Top 10: Peru, Bolivia and Chile

Like Colombia dominated the north, Chile will dominate the west.

1. Valdivia (Chile): Absolutely picturesque little town. Botanic gardens, parks, every house with flowers, university town, multicoloured buildings and sea lions in the river. How can you not like the place.

2. Santiago (Chile): Will be a weird one for most people. Even the people who live there don't like it. Not sure why. Funky multicoloured barrios, great food, looks like London in parts and the only city in these three countries with a top class cultural scene.

3. Pucon (Chile): Picture perfect adventure town. Lifted straight out of the Rockies and build from Swiss Alp instruction manuals, this town is fun and pretty.

4: Iquique (Chile): Beach resort in the north. You know its a good resort if it can make my list. Buzzing in the summer, paraglide off the cliffs or wile away a day in the superb UNESCO ghost town of Humberstone

5. Arequipa (Peru): Best town in Peru comfortably. Very nice architecture, most intelligent and best looking Peruvians.

6. Sucre (Bolivia): I really like this colonial town. Very pretty and coolly laid out colonial town.

7. Lima (Peru): Another big city that gets battered a lot, but its got a pretty centre, a cool area overlooking the Pacific and a good clubbing scene.

8. Santa Cruz (Bolivia): Like a wild west town and so different to the rest of Bolivia

9. San Pedro de Atacama (Chile): Awesome desert oasis. Yeah its touristy but its still cool

10. Iquitos (Peru): Its a bit shit but I had the best breakfast I have ever had there in the Yellow Rose of Texas

And no space for Valparaiso (too close to Santiago but nice enough), La Paz (Was not that impressed with this ramshackle mess, but maybe because I don't use cocaine) and Cuzco (What a shitheap full of gringos and passport hunting bitches. Pretty though). Of course the best place in these countries is Torres del Paine but Puerto Natales is a bit crap.