Hola everyone - Managed to drag ourselves away from Argentina and back in Chile for a few days. Acted like true backpackers and went directly to the bus station from the airport with no idea where we were going. Decided to go South and head for Pucon which is in the Lake District. 10 hours on the bus, cold and damp. We managed to get the last 2 seats together which were at the back, practically in the toilet. Lovely ! To make matters worse, 50% of the male po...

Holy Smoke - arrived earlier this afternoon....Huge culture shock as you can imagine - we can't speak Spanish, have a huge time difference to cope with and to top it all off - crossing the Int'l date line has sent Dean a little crazy. We arrived 4 hrs before we left NZ... strange...I am sure that Dean was convinced we'd actually gone back in time and was looking out for a bookies on which to place a bet on a 2-2 draw with Sweden ! Next 9 weeks should be a la...