Oh, to be on a gravel road. We cycled up alongside a river and had to tell eachother to stop taking photos or we would never arrive. It was stunning the whole road to Lake Desertio. The Captain of the ferry we planned to take the following morning at 10 stopped us on the road and told us he´d be leaving at 9. This is the way of South America.... be patient and take it as it comes.
We had a smooth trip to the other end of the lake but the rain set in and we decided to spend the afternoon eating, relaxing and chatting to other cyclists and trekkers heading in the same direction
We woke up to a beautiful cold but clear morning and set off on the long anticipated track over the Pass to Villa O´Higgins. The pictures say it all!
We had fresh snow falling and the hills were covered in new snow from the night before. It was simply beautiful.
We enjoyed a hard boiled free range egg - best either of us had ever eaten.
We had our first incident of a dry bag catching in the spokes and Emma going flying over the handlebars. Luckily no major damage done to bike or body... and all snickers bars were quickly picked up again!
At Immigration, we were rushed down to the Lake where a Cattle Barge was about to leave. Instead of having to wait for 2 days for the Tourist´s boat to leave (another Chilean reschedule).
We couldn´t believe our luck - and what an experience. It was just us, our Surly bikes and the Cattle, Horses and crew. We were even served up a hot lunch!
We got off the Barge 5 hours later. Shook the crew´s hands and cycled the 6km into Villa O´Higgins. Not a vege to be seen, we cooked up a nice meal of pasta and pitched our tent at El Moscow Hostel.
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