Day 2 - 4: Heading South to the vast Lago Nahuel Huapi! Deciding to still continue on, we boarded our 4 hour bus heading south for the town of Bariloche, beautifully situated on the south shore of Lago Nahuei Huapi, another tourist/backpacker haunt. Unfortunately the famous seven lakes drive was closed due to snow so our plan to hire a car and drive this route was sacked, the bus it was. Despite the fact that this route is meant to be the less spectacular, it was...

Destination 19 - ARGENTINA!! Day 1 - Goodbye Chile, across the Andes to Argentina via the Tromen Pass! Saying a sad goodbye to our homely wooden hostel and owner, we waited for yet another bus for our journey to our next destination. The plan was to do a loop of the Argentinean side of the lakes for a few days, then head back into Chile further down for our boat to Puerto Natales.... The bus ride to the border was yet another stunning drive. Paved for part then o...

Day 18 - Cruising in our Fiat Uno banger round the many stunning lakes of, you guessed it.... The Lake District! Today we took the easier option and decided to explore the area on wheels rather than our very sore feet! To add to this we both had serious sun and wind burn, so looking like haggard expedition hikers with a serious case of panda eyes we went to collect our luxury transport for the day..... A fiat Uno / banger car with a bad white re-spray!!! Being on...

Day 17 - Climbing in the snow to the top of bloomin big n 'active, Volcano Villarrica and tobogganing back down again on our bums!! 5.30 am saw us fresh and ready for our volcano climb ahead.... Well we'd like to think we felt that way but deep down we were shattered and wondering how the 'friggin eck' we would make it to the top! On leaving the hostel the sun was rising with Volcano Villarrica dominating the entire landscape reminding us all the time of what was...

Day 15 - Hola Pucon Prepared for anything with our two cheap flasks functioning just like two cheap flasks we checked out from our Chillan hostel and headed for the bus. Now this is where Nik and I differ she seems to be able to remember the individual differences about everything we see on our different bus journeys including each buses seating configuration. For me they become blurred I don't mind buses / coaches whatever you want to call them it's just a means...