Hosteria Aleman
Cafe Rossbach
More and better health, education, employment and safety - Chilean politicians aren't that different from the ones at home!
PuyhuapiWe ate breakfast and asked the landlady if we could take her homemade cakes with us. She kindly wrapped 2 Stuck for us.
We bought petrol by Cafe Rossbach where we ate last night and headed north. It was raining!
We bought petrol by Cafe Rossbach where we ate last night and headed north. It was raining!
Chilean cows
Our progress could have been faster today but we still had to look after our tyres as we did not have a spare. After our bad experience with a backpacker, we have not picked any more up, but we stopped to give a lift to an old Chilean couple to Villa Santa Lucia. The road to Futuleufu and the border was slow and winding. The countryside is so beautiful that you can bore someone by saying so again and again.
Up at the border, it was chaos. A minibus full of Israeli students was holding things up, and you had to be quite agressive to keep your place in the queue. Still we got through both sides in just over half an hour. Heading down the "welsh" town of Trevelin, we picked up an old farm worker.
Welsh dragon on wagon
Once at Trevelin we found a garage and managed to buy a new tyre. It had taken us six hours and a change of country to be able to do that! Ironically all the roads are paved from here-on-in.
On to Esquel, many of the hotels are shut for the holidays, so we ended up in the basic and dark, Hotel Esquel, but it is a lot cheaper than some of the upmarket hosterias in town.
Both the recommended restaurants in town were closed so we ended up in a pizzeria - the universal option for veggies.
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