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The plan was for Erik and Justin to take a bus to
the rental place then come back and pick me up
with all our boats and gear in Pucon as it is on
the route to Argentina. From the booking
information we had it said we would get a VW
golf or similar type car. When Erik and Justin
arrived back at the hostal the car we had was
considerably smaller than any of us had been
expecting. A black Chevy Spark GT, described
as “Black City Car”. It soon became apparent
that Black City Car would not be able to drive
through Argentina, so we were forced into
option two, the drive and ferry. So we
fashioned roof racks from some wood and set
off on the 5 hours drive south.
Upon arrival in Peurto Montte we eventually
found our way to the ferry terminal. Justin and
I use our limited spanish to discover there is no
ferry today but there is one tomorrow evening,
at 11pm. OK, not ideal but we head off to a
national park on the edge of town and camp
out.

Erik Shore Making the Rio Claro look easy

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