What a road trip! After 13 hours of buses from Santiago to Osorno we decide to hitchhike to Bariloche to save some money. 4 cars later we finally make but after 10hours of travel! We were picked up by a nice Chilean truck driving (driving military furniture from Santiago to Torres deal Paine) who drove us from Chile to the border. There we waited about 4:30 until he gets his border stamp, only then to be stopped by the police saying truck drivers are not allowed to collect hitchhikes if they are not subscribed on the car's insurance. We then had to find another car and luckily enough a couple of policeman on holiday safely drove us to Bariloche! They were this typical police partner couple but with the local touch: drinking mate like Argentinians do in any situation!
On the way back we were more unlucky with HITCHHIKING: after 4 cars and 4:30 of traveling for 150km we decided to take a bus from the Argentinian border to reach Osorno, where we had a bus ticket to Isla chiloe. Lucky as we are even though we arrived 5min after the scheduled departure of the bus it had already gone! (Incredible punctuality for Latin America right?). So back we go on the road heading to Puerto Montt with the same bus. And there, when we had already given up on hoping to catch our bus, here it was at the same terminal ready to leave. After a full day of doing our best to get to destination we finally had a stroke of luck to help us reach Castro at night as planned. Halleluyah!
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AuteurHola! I’m Aliénor, a 24 year old life enthusiast and eager to discover the world in any way possible with an emphasis on engaging with local people and cultural exchange! Archives
Mars 2017
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