The bus journey to Puerto Varas from Ancud was uneventful as it rained all the time but we were kept amused by Joachim and Petra's rain and sunshine songs. Here we stayed for a few days where we said farewell to Joachim and Petra, who were moving northwards towards to Santiago, having already done the Chilean lake district. We hope to meet up with them later in the far north of Argentina The rain was relentless but we braved the weather to see Lagos Todos los San...

We reached the port of Quellion in Chiloe after a 6 hour ferry from Chaiten. We then took a bus to Chonchi, reason being that all the travel books said Quellion was full of drunks and half breeds with 2 heads, which sounded a bit like Wolverhampton so we decided to give it a miss. The Island of Chiloe is just off the Chilean west coast and is very similar to Ireland in looks and pace of life, they even pride themselves on their potato's (they are actually lo...

What can you say about Chile Chico, well absoloutely nothing, it was a miserable town filled with miserable people and thats being kind. The only reason we were there was to get the ferry to Puerto Ibanez across Lago General Carrera. The digs were appalling, they were a cabin at the back of a s***ty resturant that must have been a cheap stop off for fat, greasy lorry drivers. I couldn't work out if the receprionist was smiling or she had suffered a stroke in her ...

Having arrived in Puerto Natales, with Lissette (the Dutch woman from the Spanish class), we decided to do the W trek around the park. There are quite a few treks around the park taking from 2 days up to 8 days and they all have different names, the W is a 5 day trek. Having decided on this we then had to go out and rent camping gear, stove, and all the other accessories, plus buy 5 days worth of food to take with us. I think Donna and I were a bit niave her...