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Futale-fail and Rio Claro winning

So a plan was afoot to head down to the Rio
Futalefeu in the south of Chile. We had done
some research and it seemed there are two main
ways to get there. Option one was to drive the 1012 hour journey predominantly through
Argentina where fuel is considerably cheaper
than in Chile. To do this we need a hire car with
special paperwork to drive in Argentina. Option
two is to drive five hours south to the port town
of Peurto Montte, then take an 11-hour ferry to a
town close to the Futa, then drive the rest of the
way. So either way we would need a car. After
some internet research we (Erik shore CAN,
Justin Kleberg USA and myself) had found a hire
car company in a town two hours away that was
reasonably priced and said we would be able to
drive into Argentina.
We knew it would be colder as we
ventured further south, so on our way
back to the hostel we stopped by
the Pucon thrift store, and spent 1,000 pesos
(£1.50) on some vintage 80s ski suits.

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