Leg Distance - 53.82km
Leg Time - 2hr 45mins (or thereabouts, the timer actually said three and a bit hours but I spent a fair chunk of time trying to find the hostal in Osorno.)
Total Distance - 120.71km
It's difficult to find a place that guidebooks are so consistently indifferent about as Osorno. Even the official Chilean guide admits it holds no special attraction for visitors. I instantly liked it on account of it not being at the bottom of a hill, but other than that I have found myself agreeing with the guidebooks. Things aren't helped by my lodgings, which short of having a coin-operated vibrating bed could not be any more the stereotypical budget accomodation: a shower that switches uncontrollably from a raging torrent of molten lava to an icy drip, a lingering smell of damp, and miserable landlords (the guidebook said Grandparent-like atmosphere, I hate to imagine what childhood that particular writer had). But it's cheap and the bike is safe, which is all I can expect of towns without a particular tourist industry such as Osorno.
I loved Puerto Octay and could have stayed there for days, and can't help but feel that maybe I should have. I'm getting a little too obsessed with covering ground and moving north, which totally defeats the point of the trip, but at the moment it feels like the right thing to do so it's a bit of a difficult balancing act. Looking on the bright side though, I am inching ever nearer to Valdivia, which I cannot wait to get to, and where I will probably spend some time.
Sorry, still no success trying to find somewhere to download photos (haven't tried that hard admittedly), but will do soon...
Leg Time - 2hr 45mins (or thereabouts, the timer actually said three and a bit hours but I spent a fair chunk of time trying to find the hostal in Osorno.)
Total Distance - 120.71km
It's difficult to find a place that guidebooks are so consistently indifferent about as Osorno. Even the official Chilean guide admits it holds no special attraction for visitors. I instantly liked it on account of it not being at the bottom of a hill, but other than that I have found myself agreeing with the guidebooks. Things aren't helped by my lodgings, which short of having a coin-operated vibrating bed could not be any more the stereotypical budget accomodation: a shower that switches uncontrollably from a raging torrent of molten lava to an icy drip, a lingering smell of damp, and miserable landlords (the guidebook said Grandparent-like atmosphere, I hate to imagine what childhood that particular writer had). But it's cheap and the bike is safe, which is all I can expect of towns without a particular tourist industry such as Osorno.
I loved Puerto Octay and could have stayed there for days, and can't help but feel that maybe I should have. I'm getting a little too obsessed with covering ground and moving north, which totally defeats the point of the trip, but at the moment it feels like the right thing to do so it's a bit of a difficult balancing act. Looking on the bright side though, I am inching ever nearer to Valdivia, which I cannot wait to get to, and where I will probably spend some time.
Sorry, still no success trying to find somewhere to download photos (haven't tried that hard admittedly), but will do soon...
Man...that's some mileage!!!
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Great following your blog roddy. Like i said before you are great at writing and i am hungry for more adventures. PS i had a great valentines weekend :-)
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