(We are now at a beach resort in Venezuela for some downtime before we come home - it's too hot for the beach right now by the way. Thought we'd take this opportunity to try to catch up a bit with the blog) Tue 7 to Wed 8 Dec – Through the Andes to Argentina 6am alarm to get to CruceAndino office in Puerto Montt to get the bus to start our Andes crossing. This involved a few bus and boat journeys past lakes and mountains. Shame about the weather – it was cloudy, raining, and cold – but beautiful. Peulla, the half-way mark, is on the banks of a lake nestled between mountains all around. There are only two hotels here, we opted for the cheaper of the two but it was closed at the
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