quick update

Hola! How is everyone? Ok so to update our status....after arriving in Quellon, we promptly took a ferry and visited Chaiten for 3 days (I don´t remember If I already said this or not :P bear with me). After Chaiten we returned to Quellon for a night and headed out the next morning for Chonchi. We stayed there for a night and then headed to Castro, the capital of the island and stayed there for a day. While there we talked to a travel agent and he told us we should definitely visit the Island of Mechuque. He told us to ride to Tenaun and find a fishing boat to take us out to the island. So we did. And we stayed on the island for two days. One of our main reasons for going was to seek out the "Curanto" a well known cooked-in-the-ground bbq, but we were disappointed when we found out it was not possible. We stayed in a quiet cabin with an amazing view for two nights and had great weather. From there (yesterday) we took a ferry back across to the main island of Chiloe and then rode 90 km to Ancud (where we are currently). Today we rode 60 km to the Pacific Coast and back and it was amazing. Tonight we´ll sleep and then head out for Puerto Montt tomorrow morning.

Puerto Montt will mark our final destination by bike. The trip has taken us 2.500 km from Ushuaia in the far south, through Tierra del Fuego, Argentina and Chile, through two amazing national parks, and the amazing desolation and beauty of the Carretera Austral. More recently we´ve been through the Island of Chiloe and we´ll end it tomorrow by arriving in Puerto Montt (the same place we began heading into the deep south when we boarded the Navimag Ferry back at the end of January). We´ve been fortunate to share our experiences with Jacob (the hollander) and Thiago and Ralph (the Brazilian and the German). Its been amazing and tomorrow the cycling portion is over. No idea where we´ll go, but we´ll start by visiting some friends in Santiago and go from there. I suppose thats it. Expect a better update with photos when we get to Puerto Montt! Ok I´m out! Chao chao!


Zach