We headed back across the andes to the desert, passing the seven coloured mountain and getting more spectacular views of the andes. We arrived at the border only to find out that the customs were on strike so we had to wait for an hour to get our bags checked before we decided to walk the last few hundred metres to the town rather than wait for everyone else to be checked. We checked into a hostel and bumped into Trisha in the town. We decided to try and cram in ...

People seemed quite negative about santiago so we werent quite sure what to expect! We had a lot of recommendations for the Dominica hostel which was new and meant to be really good so we made our way there. We got there quite early but we were allowed to help ourselves to breakfast and use the internet before we checked in. There wasnt a massive amount of things to do in santiago but it was quite a relaxed town and an ok place to kill a few days. First things f...

We finally crossed thje border into chile, to the border town of Osorno where we were forced to stay the night before heading to Pucon a small town most famous for having the backdrop of the stunning volcan villarica which we decided to try and climb the next day. The volcano can only be climbed when the weather is clear and we arrived on a perfect day but were told that the weather was going to get worse over the next few days so our best hope was to try and cli...