Well, before Valparaiso I spent a while in Puertto Montt. What is usually a bustling industrial port was even more busy due to the arrival of all the evacuees from the Chaiten volcano. It was interesting to see the army handing out food and all that stuff. There wasnt a huge amount to do in Puertto Montt apart from a lot of markets and amazing sea food (lobster every day :), but it was a nice place nontheless. I saw my first llama there, a fine specimen and a rid...

Well, before Chiloé we went to Chaiten, a port town to get the ferry over. One day we went to the national park, which was pretty nice...big trees and waterfalls and the like..and another day saw dolphins swimming just by the shore on the beach. Then the guy Id been travelling with went off a seperate way, and I got the boat... Twas a nice boat trip...met some nice Chileans on the boat, and some other travellers. Had some dinner with the travellers, which w...

I cant believe I just wrote a huge post and then it didnt work! O well, here goes again... I got a bus from chalten to los antigous, then another bus to cross the border to chile, then a small boat across a lake. Then i met the postman on the boat, who gave me and my friend a lift to this tiny village...i mean tiny, one shop, a church, a few houses. The place I stayed was great, a ramshackle shed with some beds, some chairs and a woodstove, so breakfast takes ...

Oh jeeez I cant believe I havent written in so long, it seems like ages ago now and its tough to remember. I went to El bolson, a hippy town next to Bariloche, maybe I said that before though. The El Chalten, which at the time was the smallest village ive ever been to. I like it very much, surrounded by amazing mountains. I was shocked at how the supermarkets had a choice of abouit 4 things to buy...they didnt even have pasta! I bough a 1kg tub of dulce de leche,...

Well, Im still in Bariloche. Ive really enjoyed my time here, such a nice place, and at such a nice hostel too. Really nice people, it feels like home and all that cliche stuff, the people who work here are really nice, they only work a couple hours a day and then they spend all their time hanging out here, so the hostel has a feel of hanging out at your friends house. Im getting into Argentinan life, I was taught the immensly cmplicated national card game Truco,...