Pucon, Chile

As we had a few days to kill we decided to nip across the border to Pucon to see what Chile had to offer. It was an early start leaving Bariloche and after about 10 hours we arrived in a stopover town called Osorno...what a kip that turned out to be! We were sat waiting (impatiently) at the platform for our next bus to Pucon for a good hour wondering why it was so late and grumpily asked the guys at the desk where it was at least 3 times (which they told us bemusingly that it was coming soon), when Shane finally copped that Chilean time is an hour behind Argentinian time...felt like right eejits then! The lack of Spanish is killing us!
So we were glad when we finally got on our bus and after another 6 hours or so, arrived in Pucon to be greeted by the hostel owners who kindly give us a lift which was great as it was lashing rain.
Unfortunately the rain continued the next day and other than climbing the volcano in the town or other outdoor adventure stuff, there´s not alot else to do there. It was clearly low season as the town was pretty dead. But we decided at about 11am when the rain had eased a bit that we would rent bikes for the day. Within 5 minutes of leaving the bike hire shop the heavy rain had started again. We braved it for an hour or so before giving up (when we were literally drenched to the skin) and headed back to the hostel to dry off. We spent the next couple of hours trying to warm up in the hostel which was by the way like a boot camp, run by a German couple and had rules about absolutely everything and was zero craic! Decided that afternoon that instead of waiting until the next day to get our bus on to Mendoza we would catch the overnight bus that evening instead...and besides, the weather was set to be crap for another few days so we wouldn´t be missing much. So off we went to the bus station that evening....bit of a wasted trip but sure you win some you lose some. Next stop....."bikes and wines" in Mendoza...much more fun!!