We noticed people ice skating on the side of the lake when we were on our way back from Glacier Perito Moreno so of course we checked it out! Everywhere we stepped cracked! So it was very scary at first… then we realised that if it did break it was only mud underneath so it…
We arrived at our hostel in El Calafate and Matt booked a trip to a glacier straight away. We walked around the main town, it’s pretty quiet here as it’s winter time. Usually there’d be snow everywhere but like everywhere else we’ve been, it’s a warmer winter than usual so there’s no good snow. But…
So how was a 30 hour long bus ride you say??? It was fine!! You get food on the bus… and let’s just say it’s no airline food… Which means it’s pretty terrible. But that’s okay, they tried right?? Who gets food on a bus??? The first couple of hours on the bus were spectacular!…
We only had an afternoon and night in Bariloche but we will return. It’s a really scenic town on a beautiful big lake (Nahuel Huapi Lake). We wondered the town for food! And all the shops are chocolate shops!! OMG! Chocolate and ice cream and all things bad everywhere! We found an ice skating rink…
We took a bus trip to Bariloche from San Martin. The actual distance is only 170km but you have to navigate around a series of lakes which made it a spectacular journey. The trip took 4 hours and it was 3 and a half through National Park and forrest with lakes and rivers everywhere and…
We were hoping to climb the Volcano Varillica while in Pucon but after a few days of bad weather and high winds, we realised we wouldn’t be able to until later in the week. So unfortunately it was time to move on! We jumped on an International Bus on Monday (15th July) and headed up…
We travelled from Chillan to Varillica on Thursday 11 July. The trip was a few hours by bus again and the town didn’t have that much exciting. Luckily we checked our emails and Igor our friend we met in Vina Del mar who has backpacked a lot of South America had recommended that we head…
A handy part of learning Spanish is the conversion of some of the words that are very similar to English words, we’ve found that a lot of words that in English end in ‘ty’ you just put ‘idad’ on the end instead and you have your Spanish word. Example number one is Felicidad, which means…
Turns out we’ve had a stow away here with us… See him here: http://www.spongeblogsquarepants.com/
Our time in Chillan came to and end and we decided to head down south. Originally we were going to Puerto Montt, but so many people have told us it’s not that great and there’s nothing there. Puerto Vars is much better! We took the locals advice and journeyed another 8-9 hours by bus down…