SuperCama

Here is what you get when you book a “Cama Premium” or “Ejecutivo” or “SuperExtremeLuxury” seat or whatever they call the absolute top of the line on the Chilean bus company you’re traveling with:

• A wider seat
• A seat back that reclines just about 100% flat
• A leg-rest that not only folds into the legs-extended position as described earlier, but also flips up to a horizontal position, in line with the seat
• No-one beside you, if you go for the single-seat side of the bus
• A little mattress that an attendant will unfold for you when you desire to go to sleep and place on top of your now-horizontal seat-plus-leg-rest to make things that much more comfortable
• Pillow, blanket, and breakfast, as with most of the other classes, I believe
• Only six people in your section of the bus. The lower section, admittedly, making for a slightly inferior view, but you’ll be too busy sleeping to notice.

This was extremely exciting to me, given that nothing even remotely like this is available in Canada, and the ride from La Serena to San Pedro was 18 hours.