{"id":3457,"date":"2014-11-11T03:05:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T03:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wptemp.barbarahast.de\/?p=3457"},"modified":"2015-03-23T07:09:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T06:09:15","slug":"6-days-from-puelo-to-puerto-puyuhuapi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/?p=3457","title":{"rendered":"6 DAYS FROM PUELO TO PUERTO PUYUHUAPI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"LTR\">I assume that the fjord of Cochamo has an astonishing view on the nearby mountains and amazes with it&#8217;s blue water <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">if not everything was covered up <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">by<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> clouds<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> the day we passed<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">. It started raining during the day, again,<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> as if one could fully rely on the fact of getting wet once a day. Looking for a suitable campsite for the night we finally agreed to put up the tent under<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> a<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> huge<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> fir tree which gave us some shelter from the rain for camping and cooking. What seemed a great place in the evening was not that great anymore in the morning: still being half asleep we thought that it started to rain <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">again <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">until we realised that <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">we placed our tent<\/span> <span dir=\"LTR\">just<\/span> <span dir=\"LTR\">below<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> the <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">restroom<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> of a <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">quite big<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> family of massive birds <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">as it seemed<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">. David did a great job cleaning our temporary home. It took a bit to dry up again. <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">And as if this was not enough<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> we<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> even<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> had to defend our place against some cows<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> during breakfast <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> before we finally set off to cycle to Hornopiren<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">\u00a0at <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">around 11:30<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">am<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">. <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">The 5<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">0km <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">ride turned out to take us <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">almost all day with an average speed of 10km\/h to arrive in Hornopiren. Lots of steep parts<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">,<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> plenty of roadworks and rough gravel roads made the ride harder than expected.<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">The campsite was great: w<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">e were the only people and had an amazing view on impressive Volcano Apagado.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view\n\t ngg-ajax-pagination-none\t\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-d4aa5f6e1b280d9b7f6640209d3c043c-1\"\n\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"61\"\n\tdata-gallery-id=\"61\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-name=\"Austral_6-7\"\n\t>\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_6-7\/Cycle-to-hornopiren-2.JPG?t=1427090992\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Day 6: Getting fire wood from point A (one side of the river) to point B (other side of the river)\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_6-7\/Cycle-to-hornopiren-2.JPG?t=1427090992\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_6-7\/thumbs\/thumbs_Cycle-to-hornopiren-2.JPG?t=1427090992\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1188\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"Cycle-to-hornopiren-2.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Cycle to hornopiren 2\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"Day 6: Getting fire wood from point A (one side of the river) to point B (other side of the river)\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"cycle-to-hornopiren-2\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"d4aa5f6e1b280d9b7f6640209d3c043c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Cycle to hornopiren 2\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Cycle to hornopiren 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Hornopiren\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_6-7\/Cycle-to-hornopiren.JPG?t=1415673722\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_6-7\/thumbs\/thumbs_Cycle-to-hornopiren.JPG?t=1415673722\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1190\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"Cycle-to-hornopiren.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Cycle to hornopiren\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"Day 7: Cycle to Hornopiren\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"cycle-to-hornopiren-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"d4aa5f6e1b280d9b7f6640209d3c043c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Cycle to hornopiren\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Cycle to hornopiren\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_6-7\/thumbs\/thumbs_Cycle-to-hornopiren.JPG?t=1415673722\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"90\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_6-7\/Camping-hornopiren-with-volc-Apagado.JPG?t=1415673722\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Day 7: Camping Hornopiren with view on volcano 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contao\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"Day 6: Camping in Contao\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"camping-in-contao\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"d4aa5f6e1b280d9b7f6640209d3c043c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Camping in contao\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Camping in contao\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_6-7\/thumbs\/thumbs_Camping-in-contao.JPG?t=1415673722\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"90\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_6-7\/Cycle-to-contao.JPG?t=1415673722\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Day 6: Cycle to Contao\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_6-7\/Cycle-to-contao.JPG?t=1415673722\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_6-7\/thumbs\/thumbs_Cycle-to-contao.JPG?t=1415673722\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1193\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"Cycle-to-contao.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Cycle to contao\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"Day 6: Cycle to Contao\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"cycle-to-contao\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"d4aa5f6e1b280d9b7f6640209d3c043c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Cycle to contao\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Cycle to contao\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_6-7\/thumbs\/thumbs_Cycle-to-contao.JPG?t=1415673722\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"90\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n\t\t<a href='https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/index.php\/nggallery\/slideshow?p=3457'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"LTR\">We got on the ferry<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> to Leptepu<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> easily which left at 11am<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">, plenty of time for us <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">late risers and no reservation was necessary<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">. Really, I have the feeling that we&#8217;re the only tourists cycling the Carretera Austral at this moment of time. Considering the chilly temperatures and the amount of rain, I quite understand why spring is not the favourite time to travel Patagonia for most people. However, having a campsite for\u00a0yourself<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">\u00a0for almost no money<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> and not seeing much traffic on the road is a real plus for travelling south Chile before or after the main season.<\/span> <span dir=\"LTR\">On the boat we enjoyed a 4h journey along a fjord with Volcano Apagado in the back, snow covered mountains to the east and some views of the Pacific Ocean to the west. The Carretera Austral is not everywhere fully developed. Some parts are purely gravel road and the part we took that day was only possible to pass by <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">a combination of car and <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">ferry<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">.<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> Schedules are well aligned so that you don&#8217;t have to wait for the 2nd ferry. And that&#8217;s the point we did not get maybe due to our poor Spanish. Maybe you can load the bikes on the bus (a regular long distance bus from Puerto Montt to Chaiten) and unload the bikes again on the second ferry. <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">That&#8217;s not what we did but w<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">e were lucky enough to get assigned to a guy who took our bikes on the back of his pick-up. \u00a0And as if this was<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">n&#8217;t already great<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> enough he also took us to<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> the center of<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> Pumalin National Park where he dropped us of<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">f<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> at the Lago Blanco campsite. Again, we had the privilege to be the only guests and to chose from several beautiful spots with<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> amazing lake and mountain views<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">. \u00a0Also nobody turned up to collect the fees so it was a free camping night at a beautiful spot with a breath taking sunset in between the mountains.<\/span> <span dir=\"LTR\">Owner of the<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> biggest privately owned National Park called Parque Pumalin, is <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">Douglas Thompkins<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">. <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">It&#8217;s weird to see that a North American was able to buy that many\u00a0h<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">e<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">ctars of land in Chil<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">e, especially splitting the land in 2 halves as Pumalin National Park reaches from the heart of the Andes of Argentina to\u00a0the Pacific Ocean. The Tompkins foundation aims to protect the pristine Valdivian temperatured rainforest of the region<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">. So, hereby a greeting to my brother who told me that I should <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">definitely <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">stop by in the park when I travel Patagonia. Done and yes, it&#8217;s definitely worth a visit<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> as the landscape is untouched and wild. A great experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view\n\t ngg-ajax-pagination-none\t\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-188b57df22334d59a9425b47f063b728-1\"\n\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"63\"\n\tdata-gallery-id=\"63\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-name=\"Austral_8\"\n\t>\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/National-park-Pumalin-lago-blanco.JPG?t=1427090993\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"National Park Pumalin - Lago 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blanco\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/thumbs\/thumbs_National-park-Pumalin-lago-blanco.JPG?t=1427090993\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"90\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/Ferry-hornopiren-leptepu.JPG?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Carretera Austral stops at Hornopiren where we had to take a ferry to Leptepu\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/Ferry-hornopiren-leptepu.JPG?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/thumbs\/thumbs_Ferry-hornopiren-leptepu.JPG?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1197\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"Ferry-hornopiren-leptepu.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Ferry hornopiren leptepu\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"The Carretera Austral stops at Hornopiren where we had to take a ferry to Leptepu\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"ferry-hornopiren-leptepu\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"188b57df22334d59a9425b47f063b728\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Ferry hornopiren leptepu\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Ferry hornopiren leptepu\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/thumbs\/thumbs_Ferry-hornopiren-leptepu.JPG?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"90\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/Ferry-hornopiren-leptepu2.JPG?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Got a lift from a nice guy between the two connecting ferries as we would have never made it by bike.\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/Ferry-hornopiren-leptepu2.JPG?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/thumbs\/thumbs_Ferry-hornopiren-leptepu2.JPG?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1198\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"Ferry-hornopiren-leptepu2.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Ferry hornopiren leptepu2\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"Got a lift from a nice guy between the two connecting ferries as we would have never made it by bike.\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"ferry-hornopiren-leptepu2\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"188b57df22334d59a9425b47f063b728\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Ferry hornopiren leptepu2\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Ferry hornopiren leptepu2\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/thumbs\/thumbs_Ferry-hornopiren-leptepu2.JPG?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"90\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/Lago-blanco-pumalin.JPG?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Lago Blanco in the biggest privately owned National Park\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/Lago-blanco-pumalin.JPG?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/thumbs\/thumbs_Lago-blanco-pumalin.JPG?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1199\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"Lago-blanco-pumalin.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Lago blanco pumalin\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"Lago Blanco in the biggest privately owned National Park\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"lago-blanco-pumalin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"188b57df22334d59a9425b47f063b728\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Lago blanco pumalin\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Lago blanco pumalin\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/thumbs\/thumbs_Lago-blanco-pumalin.JPG?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"90\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/Lago-blanco-pumalin-photo-grid.jpg?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Watching a sunset at Lago Blanco in the Pumalin National Park\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/Lago-blanco-pumalin-photo-grid.jpg?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/thumbs\/thumbs_Lago-blanco-pumalin-photo-grid.jpg?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1202\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"Lago-blanco-pumalin-photo-grid.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Lago blanco pumalin photo grid\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"Watching a sunset at Lago Blanco in the Pumalin National Park\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"lago-blanco-pumalin-photo-grid\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"188b57df22334d59a9425b47f063b728\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Lago blanco pumalin photo grid\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Lago blanco pumalin photo grid\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_8\/thumbs\/thumbs_Lago-blanco-pumalin-photo-grid.jpg?t=1415672968\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"90\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n\t\t<a href='https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/index.php\/nggallery\/slideshow?p=3457'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Our 30km ride was a quite easy one this time. Mainly downhill or only short climbs of not more than 150m altitude made us quickly arrive in Chaiten. Volcan Chaiten was unfortunately covered up in clouds. We got used to that by now. The town is a weird place. After the eruption of the volcano in 2008 it has not fully recovered from that serious event. Also it&#8217;s not advisable to climb the almost 1000m high Chaiten as the volcano is not yet considered as asleep. And that&#8217;s how the town looks like, especially during spring time: for it&#8217;s size it appears fairly dead and only by the amount of buildings one can guess how lively the town must have been with it&#8217;s former 4000 inhabitants. Some houses have not been repaired as not everybody had came back and from what I understood, most of the population has been resettled to some safer places.<\/p>\n<p>We found a pick-nick area 1km before the town center where we put up the tent. On day 8 it got harder to accept to sit with 3 layers of pants and jumpers in front of the tent and to resist the cold, to snuggle into the sleeping bag at around 8 or 9pm with minimum space around me and to know that it will be hard in the morning to get out of the cosy warmth of my sleeping bag to get dressed with around 8 degrees in the tent. Also a two-person-tent is quite small and there is no such thing like private space. But I am really happy to have David around me. Without him I would have possibly given up during one of the rainy nights.<\/p>\n<p><!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view\n\t ngg-ajax-pagination-none\t\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-7888d141915e9fdb8e78706b108730e9-1\"\n\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"64\"\n\tdata-gallery-id=\"64\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-name=\"Austral_9_Chaiten\"\n\t>\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_9_chaiten\/Chaiten-camping-view-from-the-tent.JPG?t=1427090994\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Camping at Chaiten with an amazing view from our tent\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_9_chaiten\/Chaiten-camping-view-from-the-tent.JPG?t=1427090994\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_9_chaiten\/thumbs\/thumbs_Chaiten-camping-view-from-the-tent.JPG?t=1427090994\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1200\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"Chaiten-camping-view-from-the-tent.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Chaiten camping view from the tent\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"Camping at Chaiten with an amazing view from our tent\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"chaiten-camping-view-from-the-tent\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"7888d141915e9fdb8e78706b108730e9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Chaiten camping view from the tent\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Chaiten camping view from the tent\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_9_chaiten\/thumbs\/thumbs_Chaiten-camping-view-from-the-tent.JPG?t=1427090994\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"90\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_9_chaiten\/Sunbathing-in-chaiten.JPG?t=1415673479\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"David sunbathing in Chaiten\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_9_chaiten\/Sunbathing-in-chaiten.JPG?t=1415673479\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_9_chaiten\/thumbs\/thumbs_Sunbathing-in-chaiten.JPG?t=1415673479\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1201\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"Sunbathing-in-chaiten.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Sunbathing in chaiten\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"David sunbathing in Chaiten\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-slug=\"sunbathing-in-chaiten\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"7888d141915e9fdb8e78706b108730e9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Sunbathing in chaiten\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Sunbathing in chaiten\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_9_chaiten\/thumbs\/thumbs_Sunbathing-in-chaiten.JPG?t=1415673479\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"120\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"90\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"max-width:100%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n\t\t<a href='https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/index.php\/nggallery\/slideshow?p=3457'>[Show slideshow]<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"LTR\">And yes, it was worth not having given up. We left<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> Chaiten quite late <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">because we had waited again for our equipment to dry up. But this time<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> we were blessed with almost 50km<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> of good\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">tarmac<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">and a soft wind pushing us <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">into <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">direction <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">of <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">El Amarillo. What was meant half way of our day trip was easily made in a bit more than 1h. Even though it was cloudy, it was quite warm <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">and even <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">some of the mountains showed their snow covered summits. <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">The s<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">econd<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> part <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">was fairly\u00a0similar: an easy tarmac road, hardly any climbs and we kept our average speed of a bit more than 20km\/h until Lago Yelcho, where we caught some beautiful views of the mountains and volcanoes around<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> us<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">. The campsite was not officially open and again, we were the only guests and <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">they even offered us<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> to stay for free as there was no hot water available yet. Instead of a cold shower we took a bath (for David) or rather a quick wash (for me) in the ice cold lake. A lovely spot with an amazing view and great facilities for camping. So much happier faces after yesterday. The easy road, the sunny spells and the lovely landscape washed away all doubts and grieves of the day before. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view\n\t ngg-ajax-pagination-none\t\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-ea59ecd7262397bb46ea4354fbedd5b7-1\"\n\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"62\"\n\tdata-gallery-id=\"62\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-name=\"Austral_10\"\n\t>\n\n\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_10\/Tarmac-happiness.JPG?t=1427090994\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Tarmac happiness - really got enough of dirt roads\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_10\/Tarmac-happiness.JPG?t=1427090994\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/davidhuebner.de\/wp-content\/gallery\/austral_10\/thumbs\/thumbs_Tarmac-happiness.JPG?t=1427090994\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1195\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-name=\"Tarmac-happiness.JPG\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Tarmac happiness\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"Tarmac happiness - 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W<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">e got up late<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> because <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">it had been raining all night. The continuous dropping <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">on<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> my sleeping bag created a worst case scenario in my dreams: tent under water<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> and<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> all stuff soaked from the rain. Of course I was\u00a0proven wrong when I <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">was fully awake<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">. Only my sleeping bag was slightly wet but nothing bad really. <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">Still, our motivation to get out of the tent was as low as 0. <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">After having discovered the night before that my bike rack was broken already (on day 10) we tried to fix it with the<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> help of the<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> guys from the camp site<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> and some cable strap<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">. Despite the bad forecast we decided to set of<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">f<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> for a demanding 30km trip. We stopped after kilometre 10 as it started raining badly and we <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">were<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> soaked through<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> after 20 or 30 minutes<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">. We hi<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">d under a<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">\u00a0tiny bus stop s<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">hed next to the street and <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">David <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">tried to stop some pick-ups. Eventually, a guy stopped with his small truck, on which we loaded the bikes and made the next 20km in Hectors car to Villa Santa Lucia. Finding a stay for the night was not that easy. Standing outside being soaked through and withstanding the cold and the wind we tried to find a Ho<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">s<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">pedaje. Completo! Nobody opened! No <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">adverts or signs<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">! I already feared that we ha<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">d<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> to spend the night in the tent. Asking a couple of people <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">on the street <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">we finally got sent to a house where I would have never expected a hotel in there. Very simply furnished and with a small bed we got a cheap and warm stay for that night. Also I should not forget to mention the warm shower which I have not had since 5 days. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"LTR\">It had rained all evening and all night when we decided <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">in the morning <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">to take a camionetta to the next <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">bigger <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">town, which was approximately 100km away. We got a bit influenced by 2 Italians who were in the same situation like us: how to continue <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">going south <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">without getting <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">completely <\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">soaked<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> and<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> trying to withstand temperatures of less than 10 degrees on not very well maintained dirt roads. Maybe we&#8217;re too soft<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">. We have not yet been snowed in, so what&#8217;s the matter?<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> \u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">W<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">e<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">ll, we<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> dreamt of being in Puyuhuapi, a beautiful little spa village established around 1935 by 4 German families. And another important factor: we also assumed that there might be a<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">t least one<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> nice bakery in one of the<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> famous<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> Teutonic houses<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">.<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> All these things made us ruin our budget<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> planning<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> to arrive as fast as possible in a town where we hoped that<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> all our dreams would come true. What should I say, we were at kilometre 15 before arrival when our patience got slightly challenged: Roadworks with a scheduled 2,5h waiting time<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\">.<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"> As it was raining cats and dogs nobody was really keen on getting out of the car. Of course we arrived and of course time did pass by quite quickly. We did not miss much in town as also there it had been raining badly all day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"LTR\">The Hostel Evelyn where we checked in was quite basic but did cost only 6000CLP, less than 9\u00a0Euros, per person. It was a dry, warm and quite cosy place and we made ourselves comfortable on the second floor living room, listening to the Armageddon outside while eating chocolate and drinking a bottle of 1,5l Chilean wine (my god do Chileans produce great and cheap wine).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"LTR\">Plan for the next days: enjoy some spa, visit the famous carpet factory of the first German immigrants of the region, hope for better weather and drink more wine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I assume that the fjord of Cochamo has an astonishing view on the nearby mountains and amazes with it&#8217;s blue water if not everything was covered up by clouds the day we passed. It started raining during the day, again, as if one could fully rely on the fact of getting wet once a day. 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