After another short journey the Yaris is still going, we travelled North back to Rio Tranquillo where we spent out first night camping earlier in the week. Apart from the scenery the local tourist attraction is a set of marble caves carved out by the lake. Pretty much anyone can take you out there on a boat and we hired one for a tour. Visually impressive but a bit daunting sitting in a wooden boat under what must be 1000's of tons of rock, which at places seems to be held up by the thinnest piece of rock that´s slowly eroding away.
A view form inside one of the caves
One of the great things about Chile is the camping, unlike the UK there aren't really any rules. Go to the New Forest and light a match, count to 10 and a parkie will be there with a fire extinguisher threatening to throw you off the site. Here you can pitch up anywhere you like apart from private land and build a good old fashioned campfire. Not having any way of keeping food cold I was without a steak or two to BBQ so we ventured in Puerto Rio Tranquillo to find one of the towns only restaurants. The menu was vast fried chicken or fried chicken with as much half stale bread as you can eat.
Highlights: Campfires on the beach
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