Ross: After a scenic six-hour bus drive north past numerous snowcapped peaks, large lakes and a couple of volcanoes we arrived at Pucon Urban Bus Terminal (by the way Polly's travel sickness seems to be under control thanks to Emedur/Stugeron/Maremir etc, etc...). A short walk for two blocks found us at Hostal Willy (named after the owner, Willy!), consisting of two cosy log cabins, one of which was exclusively ours (the GAP group, not me and Pol) for our three-night stay. Being a couple seems to pay dividends on the GAP tour and we ended up with yet another nice double ensuite room upstairs. After a late afternoon burger at a nearby cafe, Pol, Kyle from Calfiornia, Sam from Melbourne and I headed to one of the ubiquitous tour agencies on the main drag to get
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