Our Saturday in Santiago was fairly relaxed as well, the 4 of us headed out to do a self-guided walking tour of the city. I'm not sure whose idea it was exactly, but the first stop on our tour was a small, hole in the wall local drinking spot. This place served a famous drink of wine with icecream. It was very tasty and we stayed at our first stop for almost 2 hours. We finally made it back out into the sun and wandered around a nearby fruit marked before h...

When we arrived in Pucon, we had plans to take part in all the outdoor activities the area had to offer; namely, hiking, biking and kayaking. Two solid days of heavy rain prevented us from doing much more than wandering around the city. On Wednesday, Claudio, one of the men that worked at the hostel (and owned the adventure company next door) approached Mark and I and told us that he'd be leading a group up Volcan Villarica, the active volcano that towers ove...

It was bittersweet leaving Chepu on Monday morning. We knew it was time to move on, and yet the sun was rising on a beautiful day. We said goodbye to Fernando and hopped on the rural bus to Ancud. We arrived to the Ancud terminal at the perfect time, we hopped another bus 10 minutes later back to the mainland to Puerto Montt. Our goal for the day was to head to the outdoor mountain paradise of Pucon (near the Andes and Argentina border). After a 2 hour lun...

Heading out from Angostura, we decided to make a nice big lunch to bring on the bus with us to prevent having to buy food at the bus station once we arrived in Puerto Montt, Chile. We made fried egg and cheese on baguette sandwiches and packed apples and oranges as snacks. We were informed by a lady at the hostel as we were packing up that the Chile border is extremely strict and won't allow produce or any animal products across. Eeeek! Oh well, we figured,...

We are nearing the end of our time here in Argentina. We haven't spent a whole lot of time here, and would probably stay longer but weather is forcing our hand and we'll head to Chile in the morning. Waking up in Bariloche today, the heavy clouds of ash still hung over the city so we packed up, said our goodbyes and left Hostel Pudu. We got to the bus station with an idea of heading right to Chile, but the bus we wanted only leaves in the mornings. Instead ...