Day 10, back to Chile. He said: today we return to Chile. We have a private transfer (drive) across the Andes, from Villa La Angostura to the Puerto Montt airport. We began the day with re-packing our luggage to accommodate 3 bottles of wine such that they could survive tonight's flight. Once that was accomplished - very well, I might add (more on that later), we went down for one last Argentinian café cortado, and then waited outside with our bags just as ash...

Day 9. Bikes and wilderness. He said: Today, Rachel and I planned to rent some bikes - another of our wedding gifts. We had decided to leave after a leisurely morning, stop at a local shop that made maté (a caffeinated herbal tea) in the traditional way - served in a gourd, and consumed with metal straws. Unfortunately, Tematyco was closed until 4pm, so we went to catch the bus into town. At this point, we discovered that Rachel didn't have her bank card. It ...

Day 8. He said: today is the day we go sailing with Jorge. This is one of the events we had on our honeymoon gift registry, so it has some particular meaning. I haven't been actually sailing (as opposed to boating in general) since a catamaran trip with my mom in Puerto Vallarta when I was in high school. We caught the bus as usual, stopped for a coffee in town, then headed out to Puerto Mansa to meet Captain Jorge. We got a tiny bit lost, and picked up another ...

Day 6. He said: Today turned out to be a bit of a lazy day. First, we were up for breakfast before our beach hike. Today's photo is a panorama at the mouth of a river on the hike. Amazing terrain here. It's still astonishing how much it looks like Canada, and how different it is at the same time. After the hike, we went back to the room for lunch and a siesta, then planned on getting rental bikes when the rental place opened at 2. Except we read the sign from o...

Day 5 - She said: Well, today started off with a beautiful hike that was led by a man who spoke only Spanish. Along with the rest of the guests. So...that was followed by a bit of a meltdown because I felt horribly prepared from a language perspective. Honesty, I thought more of my junior high Spanish would come back to me. Then I remembered that was (x) years ago. Then I was relying on my other trips to Spanish speaking countries, and remembered I didn't have t...