We hitched to Puerto Octay very successfully. We walked out of Villa La Angostura to a gas station and stood there for about 30 mins trying to get a lift. Sarah was all up for packing it in when we eventually got a lift to the cross. 2 roads that meet 10km out of the centre which I almost bt their arm off trying to acept. The couple were clearly...

Puerto Octay is a horrible little place with absolutely nothing to attract a visitor except a lake, but every other town in the area has a lake too, so I don't understand why it was so freaking crowded, but it was. In the morning we went to the beach to build a fire for breakfast, and there were about 50 tents there of people who also got turned...

I am now in Puerto Octay and am staying at this hostel that is called the Zapato Amarillo and its run by a Swiss-Chilean couple. Their house is super cool and rustic. Its the off season, so I am the only one staying with them. They have two young kids. Super friendly and nice family, always offering me food. Went I walked in last night they offe...

Richard For our last day in Chile's lake district we took a tour around the towns and villages which look out onto Lake Llanquihue. On the previous day's tour the Aussie couple, Leonie and Dave, had asked whether they could come with us on our tour as they had a spare day. It is always the more the merrier for us so with Paola as our guide once ...