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By Seth Ashworth

It took almost 48 hours of
traveling before I arrived at my
destination of Pucon, Chile.
I started off with a flight from
London to Sao Paulo. Then after a
gruelling 15-hour wait in the
airport, I flew on to Santiago. The
short four-hour flight arrived at
2am. Although this meant I would
have to wait around three hours in
the airport before I could make
my way to the bus terminal, I was
buoyed up by the fact that my
boat and bag had made it to
Santiago without any hassle.
Next up I made the first bus to
Pucon, which added another 11
hours of traveling time to my
journey. Once I arrived in Pucon
my destination was Pucon Kayak
Hostel. After asking for directions
and eventually deciding that I had
been lead to the wrong place I
found a place to stop for an
internet connection and figured
out how to complete the last part
of the journey.

Photos:

Erik Shore and Sara-Jane Daub