It's been a quiet couple of days in Pucón, the good weather left us again and was replaced with low clouds and occasional rain. It's not so bad though because we can wake up late and have a leisurely breakfast in front of the roaring log fire. We had a bunch of stuff we needed to get sorted out too and doing it in the luxury of the empty hostel was great. We did venture out occasionally though; a trip to the laundry, booking flights at the travel agency...

David was up at 5:30am, he was going on the Patagonia Experience's day climb up Volcan Villarrica. Maria had already done it before so she decided to save some money (read 'stay in bed in the morning') and meet up with an old friend from Temuco later in the day. There were 10 people in the group today, a group of six girls from Santiago, Stuart from Australia plus David, Andy and Carlee. There were going to be three guides and the weather was looking good. Afte...

It was a chilly night in Puerto Fuy but with warm blankets on the bed we were fine. We had arranged to have breakfast in the restaurant at 9am, it was simple bread, eggs and jam but sufficient to get us on the road. We paid the bill, only CLP 56,000 (about $100) for all four of us and that included accommodation in the cabin, dinner with a bottle of wine and breakfast... not a bad deal. We drove down a gravel road instead of taking the longer asphalt road to...