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...

Our ears pricked up when we realised we were headed for the chocolate capital of argentina, Bariloche. Its situated at the edge of the andes in the lake district and itself is on the lakefront with national parks and skiing centres all around. After another night bus we took it easy and got aquainted with the city (and the chocolate) and had a bit of a rest. It is also famous for st bernards, who sit in the square with their owners, ready to pose for photos. ...

Puerto Madryn is a major fishing port on the eastern coast of argentina. Although it is a relatively non descript town itself it is surrounded by places where you can see sealions, penguins and whales and the most important of these places is the reserve of peninsula valdes. After our 24 hour bus journey we had a little walk and booked ourselves a tour to penninsula valdes, again leaving very early the next day. From feb til april the sealions have cubs with the...

We decided to quickly head south before the weather changed and winter set in so we booked our flights to El Calafate which is near the bottom of argentinan patagonia. It is one of the newest towns in argentina built to capitalise on the popularity of tourism in the area and most importantly to provide better lins to the glaciers. Being so far south we thought we were going to be needing our thermals but were surprised when we landed that the weather was a fair...

We decided to quickly head south before the weather changed and winter set in so we booked our flights to El Calafate which is near the bottom of argentinan patagonia. It is one of the newest towns in argentina built to capitalise on the popularity of tourism in the area and most importantly to provide better lins to the glaciers. Being so far south we thought we were going to be needing our thermals but were surprised when we landed that the weather was a fair...