Day 5 - The following day we spent on and around the lake, kayaking, swimming and a spot of fishing. After all this we packed up and headed up the volcano "llaima" that had erupted the previous evening. After a very bumpy ride we reached the evacuated ski-resort, which felt almost like a ghost town. After getting a few decent photos infront of the smoking volcano, discovered a plant known as "old man's beard". This was very fun especially fo...

Days 1-4 We begun our 40 hour journey to Temuco on Wednesday 23rd January leaving from Heathrow. After stopping off in Brazil for a couple of hours we flew to Santiago. Upon arrival we were greeted by a flurry of taxi drivers, all knowing that we were tourists, trying to persuade us to come with them. Eventually we decided on a taxi driver who offered us a decent enough price; however, this turned out to be a massive error! The first indication that this taxi...