480m Back in Santiago after one of those days which is mostly taken up by waiting and travelling. Breakfast really isn’t up to much here, and even the croissants are stale, the coffee is burned and bitter and it is still constantly drizzling. However, we have been extremely lucky so far on this trip and the weather has no real effect on the travel today. My driver picked me up just after 9:45 and the trip to Puerto Montt was pleasant and short. Small airport,...

60m Given the trials and weather of today, and the travels of both tomorrow and the day after, today was one more of relaxation. Unfortunately, breakfast was nothing spectacular so I didn’t drag it out, but went for a walk around Puerto Varas. Well, the town is slightly different than it was on the way in. Being a Sunday morning only about 20% of the shops were open, and even their version of the markets was dismal. I went for a walk along the foreshore of th...

60m Well today ended being a lot easier than I was fearing, but still had its interesting TISA moments. It started off with no idea if I was doing the full tour/crossing with ferries and busses or just entirely by bus. Luckily, as we were being loaded onto our first bus from the hotel I overheard a different couple mention the same hotel that I am staying in and thought that at least someone else is in the same position. Once again we loaded people in from diffe...

780m Well that was the coldest I have been in a very long time. I did pack everything waterproof as it did look as if it would rain today, and wore pants and a jumper but the wind cut right through! We started off by Nestor, our guide picking me up just after 8 and asking if I spoke Spanish. Not enough. We went around the other hotels in town and I proved to be the only one who didn’t speak Spanish. Nestor did fill me in on most things that was telling the re...

790m An interesting day to say the least. Started early with my pickup from the hotel at 7am to get to the local airport for my flight to Bariloche. On arrival I did manage to find the desks for all flights heading south, however, two Americans arrived behind me in a bit of a rush trying to get their boarding cards, and the machine wasn’t allowing them to. I suggested using the webpage which is what I had done when I got mine. They thanked me and tried to book...