Munich Pucon

... our guide advises us to do the same. I want to keep on going, thinking the sun will break through any minute. Our guide tells me it is no use, and we head back down. We never made it up to the actual glacier that started around 2400 meters. The axes and crampons were never used. As disappointing as the day was, I'm glad we chose to go back because the weather never let up that day, and I was freezing cold and soaked to the bone. Apparently only day ...

... long now and I can not imagine being back on my own!!! Although it is a tiny bit depressing to think about leaving her- I am also quite excited to be continuing my journey. I am still having so much fun. I can not believe that so much time has gone by. I still have a few months left and I don`t plan on wasting a single day!!!

Here are some things we learned in our second week in Chile: Volcanos are cool! Trying to get a good night´s sleep in a small town hostel during their annual PSYCHOFEST is nigh-well impossible. When driving 60 km on a road that´s held together by dust and rocks in a decades-old bus, shocks are considered optional. CONAF (Chile´s national parks and forestry people ...

... evening we went to a free open-air concert of the chilean group Inti Illimani and had a drink called vaina later. For everyone who wants to have the flavor of Chile here is the recipe:<br><br>3 yellow of egg<br>1 white of egg<br>3 part of port wine<br>1 part of cognac<br>1 tablespoon full of cocoa<br><br>Mix all ingredients in the shaker for some minutes. Add a bit of cinnemon on the top. Enjoy ...

... 300m or so of loose gravel. This may or may not actually have been because the chairlift wasn't operating for no apparent reason... This section accomplished in about 40 mins, the rocky climb to the base of the snow began after a brief stop to admire the view of the lake below and to allow the stragglers to catch up. My previous trekking experience in Patagonia must have stood to me well, because I appeared to be the only person in the group not ...

... of a long journey for them, being couriered all over Uruguay trying but failing to catch us up, and now they are in Brazil with our friend Kate (thanks Kate . we owe you one!) - they have seen more than we have of Brazil!! From the very stylish Punta del Este we headed even further East to Punta del Diablo (Devils Point - but a pure heavenly place!) and it was far more our scene - a little fishing village with wooden huts and fresh fish stalls all along the front and ...

... later than the rest and I wondered if our guides had made the right choice to take their time getting out of Pucón. I could see several groups already far up the glacier, enviously close to the summit. We donned our helmets, ice axes, crampons and sunscreen and began the ascent. Marching at a slow but steady pace, another huge team quickly passed us, making us the last team climbing that day. I began to doubt even more that we would actually ...

... principalmente pra mim que estava na frente do lado esquerdo e as pessoas daquele lado tinham que remar conforme eu remasse.<br>A água estava a 4 graus e em alguns momentos a gente cai mesmo na água. A única situacao de perigo que vi foi quando cai uma vez e tinha um pouco de correnteza e o barco veio em minha direcao e eu me choquei d costas com uma rocha. Mas o impacto foi pequeno e eu estava bem protegido.<br>Numa parte a gente tem que sair dos botes e caminhar ...

... sample some! After a very educational visit to two wineries and an olive producers we were rewarded with some delicious wines. This was our joint imitation into red wine and I am pleased to say that we are converts however, we think we may be teetering on the wine snob bracket as nothing seems to taste as good as a Malbec! ( keep that in mind when you invite us around for your picture viewing!) We headed south again to the stunning lake ...

... and you all wouldn't fit in the truck" my guide said as we sat on the side of the road next to a pile of climbing gear. Luckily all the shops work together and after about 45 minutes, the ski shop guy showed up with a 4WD van and we were off! The climb was terrifying, but it wasn't quite as bad as I thought. We were in climbing harnesses, and roped together. One guide climbed ...