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

We left Ancud after rain showers finally cleared but we were still wearing full wet weather gear as the sky still looked dark. We fuelled up without any queues as the petrol prices had gone up at midnight and headed… Continue reading

I had breakfast by myself in the morning as Andrew was recovering from a serious food poisoning. I asked for a late check-out and was told we could stay until 12:30 – 1:00pm. There were still rain showers too and… Continue reading

It was a rainy night and we went into the pizzeria for our breakfast and ordered their coffee and tea as it was too wet to fire up our gas stove and there was no shelter over the picnic table… Continue reading

We woke up early and I found a beautiful leopard slug (Limax maximus) in the vestibule outside of our tent. We waited until the sun came out to have breakfast and watched the small hummingbird, Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes), eat… Continue reading