Finally on our way to Puerto Montt and the Navimag ferry! We had a bit of a scare that we wouldn´t make it in time to Pto Montt; ie. I didn`t book a bus when I should have so there were no seats left ON ANY BUS!! from Pucon to Pto Montt, but all is well. We are in Valdivia tonight which is a large university town on the coast and will get a bus early in the morning to Pto Montt. We walked around town most of the afternoon and it is quite pretty (sorry we didn´...

I am sore, all over!!!!! but we have done what we came here to do, climb the volcano Villarrica. Everyone in the hostel we have been staying at had been cramped up inside for several days due to the rain, so when the news started to spread that the next day was going to clear, we all rushed off to book a tour. So at 6:30 on a wet and foggy Tuesday morning there were 10 intrepid trekkers from el Refugio Hostal wondering down the street to the agents to get all ki...

Hi everyone, This is our first foray into the world of bloging woo hoo! Thanks to Kaz and Ace for putting us onto it. :-) So we have finished our Spanish Lessons in Pto. Varas. I am glad we went down there, it was beautiful, but wet. It rained consistently for one and a half of the two weeks we were there. That seems to be the theme for Patagoina this time of year. When it cleared the view across the lake to the volcano was awesome. The other thing P.V. had was...

Mendoza Mendoza Mendoza Wow what an awsome place! Mendoza was destroyed by an earthquake back in 1861 and was rebuilt in anticipation of a reoccurance with extra wide streets to make it easy to clean up the rubble this fact makes Mendoza a lot less congested then most places we have vistited so far. Its hard not to have a good time when the hostel it located at the center of the towns main bar strip but we were very wel behaved and were in bed most nights b...