Carretera Austral: Puyuhuapi to Coihaique

You´ll be relieved like us that the heatwave has passed and we are back to typical southern Chilean conditions i.e. drizzle, as evident from the bike shop shown that we visited this afternoon (Oxford is never far away see...) The week down from Puyuhuapi had further grand, open scenery and continuing ripio dirt roads that are giving the bikes, and us, a good workout. Interestingly the rain en route was our first on the road for 54 days; like the UK at present? We called by the beautiful, and dramatic, huge hanging glacier Ventisquero Colgante, although Liz was ambushed by a little bug that tried to chew her thumb! We are now in the metropolis, by local standards, of Coihaique stocking up on Nutella and whisky before the southern, and more remote, leg of this road. And if you would like to read more bike blog banter, here is the link to one smarter and wittier than ours. It is by a UK trio doing a longer, reverse, version of our route with some "experiences" of note already (and with an uncannily similar title): http://www.cyclediaries.com/

As we will next be in remote lands for two weeks or so, the next post may not be until March.