The Lake District - The further south you go , the greener it gets, until you find snow-bound volcanoes rising over lush hills and lakes. On Sunday, day 4, we headed from Pucon, along the Seven Lake Route, in the beautful Lake District of Chile, to Valdivia. First stop was the sleepy town of Lican Ray, located in the North Riviera of the Calafquen Lake. Next stop was Conaripe for some Kuchen (tart with fruit in - yummy!). Stopped to admire the view of the mounta...

After saying our farewells to everyone in Auckland and totally decluttering my backpack (I gave the cleaner half my clothes) so that it weighed a lot less, we headed to the airport. Annoyingly we had to pay $25 each departure tax and we boarded Lan Airlines for our 11.5 hr flight to Santiago. To be honest it wasn't the best flight, the staff couldn't be bothered, Jem's video didn't work and my seat wouldn't stay back and the food was pretty bad but the bonus was ...