The day before we left Pucon Arthur developed ANOTHER flat tyre in the same one that had just been fixed days before! Luckily there was a vulcanisation shop at the end of the road so we popped in and got it repaired. We intended to drive slowly (actually Arthur only does slowly) north to get to a town call Rancagua by Saturday to go on a tour to the nearby mining town of Sewell. On the way we stopped at a train museum based around an old train yard. The ...

After 5 nights we finally left Puerto Varas. On the way out of town we popped into the third of the supermarkets, for a quick look, a smallish Jumbo. We were not disappointed and came out with big smiles and a trolley full of goodies. So many infact we have filled the food cupboard, an area under the bed and a plastic box on the floor. We drove towards Puyehue National Park which was supposed to have some scenic roads. On the way we camped in an actual campsit...

Our next destination was Petrohue on Lake Todos Los Santos. The whole of the area was colonized by Germans starting in 1845 when the Chilean government gave each male an area of land, a milking cow, 500 planks of wood, nails, a yoke of oxen and a years free medical assistance and if they wanted it Chilean citizenship. I would have needed the added incentive of a Sainsbury or Waitrose. As we drove towards Petrohue we were amazed at the piles of grey sand like m...

The journey across Argentina took 2 days. The scenery was quite spectacular with red, green and cream coloured giant flat topped cliffs and weird shaped rock formations. For half the distance (around 300kms) the road followed the Rio Chubut so there was some greenery including trees but the remaining area was covered with yet more scrubland (they call it Pampas). The first night we wild camped by the river. The road passes through about 4 small villages and we sp...