Can't say I liked getting up 5.15am for the 6am bus to Pucón but luckily I slept a lot of the way. With it being the Easter weekend the border seemed busy but we arrived in Pucón by 11.30, only a little after the ETA. I hadn't booked a hostel and Pucón is a small town so I wandered a bit and passed a hostel where the owner was standing outside and asked if I wanted to see a room. It cost 7,000 pesos and it was own room again- I could get used to this! The own...

Having decided to go and visit Bariloche in Argentina I got the bus at 9am (Fri 30th). We arrived a bit later than expected due to some sort of problem with a couple of people on the bus who would not be allowed across to Argentina so they took them back to the stop where they got on! The scenery as we crossed into Argentina was beautiful, with forests, mountains and lakes. It was interesting to see the volcanic ash in the forests which looked quite deep in place...

On Sunday 25th we got the bus to Puerto Varas as we were all going there next. We arrived at lunchtime, checked in to the hostel then went for a short wander, making a few enquiries for activities. The weather was great and the view of Volcano Osorno across the lake was beautiful. I went to a café with a terrace overlooking the lake and had a grilled vegetable and goat's cheese sandwich- I know it doesn't fall into the category of eating local food but it was de...

Before leaving the Navimag ferry I had decided that I wanted to go to the Chilean island(s) of Chiloé and there were 4 others going so we got the bus to Castro together. (Henny-Dutch, Thomas- Swiss, Andreas- Swiss, Jorge- Portuguese). It took 4 hours including the short ferry crossing. Andreas had already booked a hostel so we all ended up going there. We went out for a late lunch and then wandered around the town. It is famous for the 'palafitos', coloured hous...

Didn't do that much on Monday 19th- sorted out Torres del Paine photos (am very behind on organising photos) and uploaded very, very slowly to FB. Went for a walk in the town, checked into Navimag, got some socks (half my socks seem to have disappeared!) and got some travel sick tablets (hopefully won't need but if I didn't buy them I would need them!). Both were unbelievably expensive, socks 6,000 and tablets 7,000- almost £20 total! I took luggage to Navimag a...