Continued the road trip on the Carretera Austral, Chile. It was built on the instigation of Pinochet as a nation-building exercise to create a land link through Patagonia, but the terrain (fjords, steep mountains, forests) makes this both wildly ambitious and spectacular. The drive from Futafeulu was fantastic, we were constantly stopping to take photos. It's hard when it's all so photogenic, what you stop for and what you drive on past becomes a bit arbitrary. By lunchtime we had to be stricter and get some miles done as it's slow going on the Ripio, anything you do above 30 mph is a bonus. The last stretch into Puyuhuapi was horrible, like driving on corrugated iron round hairpin bends with an unfenced drop beside you, but the village itself was great. We hadn't been too sure what to expect here but it's an idyllic location at the head of a fjord. So we made it through the Andes to the Pacific.
The car (Bobbit) is doing really well and becoming the star of the show- of course everyone else seems to be in huge 4x4 things.
It ain't the greatest place to be veggie. The intruigingly transgendered tourist information person recommened the place where we were staying as the best place to eat veggie food. This turned put to be a damp lump of rehydrated soya mince with some boiled veg. Yum. Couldn't spoil it though. We love Chile so far.
Facts:
Futafeulu full
08:45
Filled up at La Junta, 1/4 tank used
Drove 227km
Total 607km