Finally on the Carretera Austral

2 posts in one day?! This may become a more common occurrence as we come across WiFi less and less frequently.

We are now in La Junta, a small town on the Carretera Austral in Chile. This is the road which we will take for the next 900km south. If the first few days are anything to go by then its going to be quite a trip! We left the small welsh town of Trevelin on the 27th, with company! We happened to be staying in the same hostel as an English couple, Hugh and Pauline, and an Austrian, Nadja. They had met a few days previously and were heading in the same direction as us, so we joined them. It's lovely to have some company from home and to be with English speaking people for the first decent amount of time since Lou left us in November!

From Trevelin we went over the border to Futaleufu in Chile were we had an early birthday celebration meal out, it was going to be camping the following night! I then rode the next few day with a decorated bike, courtesy of Marion's birthday presents.

Since then we've had a couple of nights wild camping in the most stunning scenery. It's been incredibly hot, and dry which would be unbearable were it not for frequent lakes, streams and rivers to refill water bottles and cool off in. We'd heard that this road was going to be spectacular and so far it's more than lived up to its reputation. So long as we manage to keep stocked up with pasta sauce and tuna all should be fine. Tonight though, we shall be finding some proper food.