After a late night getting our bikes back only at 11:00pm, we had an early start to pack everything back onto the bikes – it was the first time that we had taken the panniers off and it took a… Continue reading

We had breakfast in the common room and then returned to the room to publish the next blog and sort out the accommodation payment for Concepción. They had e-mailed that we needed to pay 50% 24 hour before arriving and… Continue reading

Andrew felt much better in the morning after a good night’s sleep. We had breakfast and left Temuco by lunch time – it was only a short 85km trip to our next overnight stay in Traiguén. We had passed through… Continue reading

We tried to get going and pack up in the morning, but there was a lot of dew and the tent was very wet. We took our time drying everything before packing it up and Andrew was not feeling well… Continue reading

We tried to finish the last blog of our time at Wincarayen before checking out but because the two previous blogs did not display properly on fb and the editing of the GoPro video takes quite some time and drains… Continue reading

We eventually left our “French Cabaña” after midday waiting out a few heavy downpours. I still wore my one piece full wet weather gear and we fuelled up in Futrono on our way out of town. We rode through more… Continue reading

We enjoyed another good breakfast and packed the bikes – it still looked very cloudy and we had a few sprinkles of rain and during our entire stay for more than 48 hours, we did not once get a glimpse… Continue reading

After a nice breakfast, we were able to leave our laundry to be done at the hotel and decided to head into town as the forecasted rain had not arrived – it was very cloudy and we could not see… Continue reading

We waited until the sun warmed up the tent again before getting up and enjoyed a nice breakfast on a very calm morning – the lake was flat and the steam of the water which we saw every morning had… Continue reading

After a sleep in until the sun warmed up the tent and a late breakfast on the lake shore with the clouds covering the volcano, we checked the forecast and while the following day had more sunny periods forecasted, it… Continue reading