Preparing for South America
Well, its not long now, 2 weeks before we go! We've been researching, getting fit and have bought all the things that we think we need. We've been up Mt Tennant (thanks Jeanette and Pat) and tomorrow we head to Charlotte's Pass to walk to Blue Lake and Mt Kozzie. We figure that 2,200m may not be very high, but it's the best we can do in Australia! We've talked with lots of people who have been (thanks Kurt, Marta, Alex, Jenny, Sid, Jenny, Jeanette, Pat, Chris, Kadty, Emily and more). Our bookings have been capably made by Renee at Jetaway Travel. I've done some booking n Spanish, so we'll see how they work out! So, in a nutshell, our plans are: 17th Feb - Fly to Santiago, then straight on the Puerto Montt 18th Feb - Go on a two day boat/bus trip through lakes to Bariloche 20th Feb - Hire a car - Spend 4 days at a remote hotel near Mt Tronador Spend 7 more days driving about in the Lakes District (and sleeping in the car because Les would have forg...