We are met at the bus station by one of the ladies who run the hostal and taken to our spacious room. With a map placed in front of her she scribbles away pointing out various places of interest in the town chatting away in Spanish at ten to the dozen. Known as a world class destination for adrenalin junkies (like us totally awesome dudes), Pucon is a small picturesque town surrounded by the Andes. It is set on Lago Villaricca and the snow-capped volcano of ...

After a three hour bus trip to Valdivia we walk for about fifteen minutes to find our hostel. The room is basic and the bathroom is tiny but its fine for a few days. The hostel is busy and everyone is friendly. The town of Valdivia suffered the biggest earthquake ever recorded in history. On 22 May 1960 a 9.5 magnitude earthquake shook the town to it's knees. A tsunami warning wasn't issued and the 25 metre wall of water that hit the town an hour later was said ...

A small pretty town steeped in German heritage due to those who settled there in the mid 1800's to keep the local indians out. It is situated on the side of lake Lago Llanquihue, overlooked by two volcanoes named Orsono and Calbuco. They are still active and the latest spew was in 1972 (in fact they were at their most active at the turn of the 19th century). Let's hope they are enjoyng their sleep. Erika, who runs the hostel we will be staying in, collects us ...

We are heading back south on a five hour bus journey to the town of Puerto Natales in Chile, which is the transport hub for reaching Torres Del Paine National Park. The border crossing takes forever, once for leaving Argentina and then again for entering Chile with a bus load of people having to fill in forms, unloading bags from the bus to be x-rayed and then re-loading. About an hour from the border we arrive at Puerto Natales which is a ramshackle town of ho...

A three-hour bus ride north of El Calafate is the only town set in the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (South). The bus makes a stop at the Park Rangers office so we can have the talk on the rules and regulations of the park. Then from the bus station, armed with the Lonely Planet map, and our giant packs on our backs (ours are three times the size of anyone else's!) we go to find our hostel. The road layout isn't so clear and after a wrong turn and a 20-minute w...