We were not so lucky the next day when we went on a tour to Chiloe Island - it reverted to its typical wet, grey and cold weather. It was an interesting trip - Chiloe had historically been (and still is) isolated from the rest of the country, and was the last part of the country to accept Chilean independence (many years after the rest of the country had been liberated from Spain); it has its own unique cultural traditions and cuisine; and the Chilotans have more...

The views were stunning as the bus took us out of Bariloche, skirting around Lago Nahuel Huapi taking us round to the other side of the lake, so we looked back on the town nestled in the valley between the snow-capped mountains and the lake. The lake and mountain views gradually became snow and pine trees as we passed through Argentinian Immigration and crossed the Andes over to Chile. On this side, the snow disappeared quite quickly as we descended to the Chilea...