We took a rather long bus from Puerto Varas to Pucon. On arriving we got off the bus and took a minute to get our bearings prior to heading to our next hostel destination. Whilst sitting there at the bus station some woman came up to me and greeted me with a firm Shalom, it would seem that my new found facial hair gives me a somewhat Israeli appearance. I returned the greeting in Spanish and ensured her that I was not Israeli. We headed from here to La Maison wh...

Puerto Varas was our new destination after Chiloe. We arrived checking that the police were not following us. Once again we had returned to booking our accomodation in advance following our previous days debacle. We turned up at our new hostel to be greeted by a load of dreadlocked crusties who were some travelling band of musicians, friends of the owner. They let us in and instructed that we take the first dormitory. They assured us that the owner would be back...

After docking we decided to jump on the first available bus to the an island that lies off the East of Puerto Montt. Our initial destination on Chiloe was Ancud however when we arrived into this small town it looked really run down and didnt seem like there was much to see, so after a quick exchange of cash with the bus driver we continued to our new destination of Castro. We arrived in Castro after about 4 hours on the bus with no place to stay. We had decided ...

We boarded the boat at 9pm on the Sunday evening so that we were ready for the off at 5am the following morning. One of us woke up bright and early to watch the boat setting off under a vail of darkness on the body of water known rather disconcertingly as Ultima Esperanza (Last Hope) Not long after setting off the sun began to rise over the North Patagonian fjords. Day 1 (White Channel - Glaciers) The first day of sailing was very cold and rainy, regardless wit...

Although we had already passed through this town on our way to Punta Arenas, it was now time to return and spend 4 days here. A small and quaint village on the banks of the Ultima Esperanza Sine (Last Hope sound) yet another great place to relax, play some Uno and eat and drink. Famous as the Gateway to the Torres Del Paine national park (a hikers dream) the local population seemed incredulous that we would come here and not visit the world renound park. But an...