Back tracking slightly...... it feels like we left South America months ago! From El Chalten we had a few days of travelling to take us back over the border and into Chile for the last time. Our destination was Pucon, in the Chilean lakes. The town has two claims to fame - one being an immense, perfectly conical, active volcano towering over the town, and the second being a beautifully blue lake. The south american summer weather had arrived (just as we were leaving) and we spent several days relaxing, hired bikes and generally savouring the last few days of our south american adventure. Then it was time for 12 hours on a bus to Santiago, a brief but very pleasant stay in a top spa hotel in Santiago (a belated 2006 christmas present from andy,
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