David was at the wheel this morning and was being directed out of town towards the River District. Fortunately most of the traffic was heading in the opposite direction because we were having trouble finding the streets we wanted. After a bit of trial, error and guesswork we found our way out of town and onto correct road to Los Lagos. There were nice views of the river as we followed its course through to Los Lagos and then on to Panguipulli. We parked up nea...

We had asked for our breakfast early this morning so we could hit the road in our hire car. It was laid out ready for us although we had to miss out on the scrambled eggs, but we'd survive. Andy and Carlee arrived on time and we loaded up the car. Carlee volunteered to drive the couple of hours to Valdivia. It was still a bit cloudy and rainy when we left Pucón but gradually brightened up the nearer we went to the coast. We were making really good time un...

Breakfast was served by the wood fire in the hostel. It wasn't actually that cold, but it's really nice to have it lit. We were served fresh fruit, yoghurt, granola, eggs, bread, cheese and jam along with coffee so we were pretty full by the time we finished. We met Carlee and Andy at Patagonia Experience office as arranged at 10am to take the hire bikes out for the day. They were going to be free because we had booked the volcano climb with them, but the we...