Uno pisco sour, por favor

Back in Chile and currently working our way up the Carretera Austral highway in our beast of a 4x4 (a Mitsubishi Dad!). The Carretera Austral is not really a highway but more a rocky gravel pot holed network which is terrifying and stunningly beautiful at the same time. Terrifying because at times the road is only just wide enough to fit one car....and more often than not the other side is a cliff! We were undecided about the route we wanted to take to reach Puerto Montt as there are a number of options and all are stunning. One option was to continue following the Andes up through the Argentinian side from El Chalten and then up to Bariloche, crossing into Chile from there. Athough, we didn´t really fancy taking a small minivan up the RN40 after just coming off the RN40 on our way up to Los Antiguos. The other option was flying back down to Puerto Natales and catching the Navimag cargo ship up through the chilean fjords to Puerto Montt. We decided on the Carretera though as the path is less trodden and more difficult to access. Voila. Perfect. It was a concern though as driving up this way is tough on the old car and the road is very primitive. Still, the scenery is amazing.

Currently we are resting our heads at Puerto Rio Tranquielo in a comfy little hostel built by the owner (who also owns a farm with a glacier which we visited today!!) where my pisco sour waits.

Ciao for now!