In Argentina now in a place called Puerto Madryn. Left Pucon in Chile around a week ago and crossed the border into Argentina staying in a town called Bariloche which was amazing. It´s located in Patagonia and is a ski resort in the winter but just as good in the summer because of all the lakes. The hostel we stayed in was on the 10th floor of some appartment blocks and had a huge balcony overlooking the lake, which we just sat out on in the evenings having a few drinks. In the day there were loads of hikes to do and we also rented out mountain bikes which we used to go and find a perfect beach with rocks to jump off into the water.

We left Bariloche to travel to Puerto Madryn in the hope of going whale watching but decided against it in the end because we are at the end of the season and it wasn´t guarenteed we would see any. Instead we did a tour yesterday to see Penguin City where they have settled to nest, there were so many I soon got bored of them. After that we went out on a boat to see some weird looking dolphins which looked more like baby killer whales (I forget the name now). Then after that it was onto the Welsh village for the Welsh tea servive which didn´t really appeal. Apparently the town was founded by Welsh imigrants in the 1800´s but not what I came to South America for.

Not sure where we are heading next somewhere up the coast I think before spending Christmas in Mendoza. Already met a few people who will also be there and even in the same hostel which has a pool, so it should be a good Christmas.

Pucon- Chiles Lake District

Bild ovan: Vackert
Pic Above: On the way back down the volcano.


Bild ovan: Jaaaag
Pic Above: Joanna at the top of the volcano after a 5 hour treck up. Great view.

Bild ovan: Vad kan man saga¿
Pic Above: I got the oldest slowest horse which also had red hair. Think they were taking the mick.


Bild ovan: The team!
Pic Above: A pit stop at a water fall before reluctantly getting back on the horse.


Bild ovan: Dave pa toppen
Pic Above: Volcano conquered.


Bild ovan: Hoppla
Pic Above: Very cold lake.

Bild ovan:Yhee ner for vulkanen
Pic Above: Sliding down the volcano, 5 hours up 30mins down.

Bld ovan: Inne i en vulkan
Pic Above: Top of the volcano, nice smell.

Bild ovan: Jag och David redo att bestiga
Pic Above: Looking tired after getting up at 4am with 3 hours sleep before a massive treck.

Bild ovan: Varm vatten kalla
Pic Above: Hot pools very nice if a little too hot.

Me and David in Pucan,

bilder

Santiago:Utanfor presidenens hus
Above pic: Presidential Palace Santiago.

Bilden ovan: En Pool uppe pa berget.
Above Pic: The pool at the top of the hill in Santiago.

Vid toppen
Below Pic: On the way up the hill in Santiago.


Pa toppen av ett berg som vi besteg
Below Pic: Top of the same hill, a little smoggy.


Jag och beadle firar tidig jul
Below Pic: Joanna and Beadle in front of the most out of place christmas tree I have ever seen.

First Few Days

Flight went better than expected no delays and actually got some sleep. Stayed in Santiago for a couple of days walking around the city the first day and then walked up a hill with the virgin Mary and a realy nice swimming pool at the top. The weather has been perfect, clear blue skies and around 25 degrees, have got a little colour in me already but maybe a bit too much on the shoulders.

This morning we got on a coach for a couple ofr hours to a city on the coast called Valparaiso (near Casablanca). Its basically a port city with a few beaches just a short drive away so the plan for tommorow is to have a beach day and try not to burn.

All in all having a great time, Chile is supposed to be the most expensive country we will visit in South America but we are only paying around 5 pounds for dinner with a beer. In the super markets its even better paying 1 pound for a litre of beer and 2 pounds for a decent litre of wine so all good.

After a couple of days here we will be heading down south to Chile´s lake district so I will get some pictures on the page soon and will do another update once in the lakes.

Hope all is well.

6 timmar kvar

Hejhej alla där hemma!
Vill bara säga att det är inte lång tid nu. Ni kan hitta oss här (jag och david) men även på resedagboken.se.
Jag hoppas att ni kommer tycka att det är trevligt att följa med oss på vår resa!
Ses snart
kram
joanna

Ps:this is a very rough travel plan =)
Ps: detta är en väldigt gorv reseplan =)