This looks kind of like one of those Fyre Festival FEMA tents ๐ง
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Haha, I don't know why that's the thumbnail for the house, it isn't in any of the house pictures, but I thought it looked cool so I left it.
I'm here right now. Currently hitch-hiking north through Patagonia. It's very beautiful, but food is very expensive and kinda bland. Still worth a visit.
Fascinating, on the Chilean side of Patagonia? Is the food expensive because you're too far south? Did you go through all of Chile?
Is hitch-hiking easy enough in Chile?
Hitch-hiking is very easy on the ceratera austral, which is about 1200km of road from the Argentinian border up north through Patagonia. Food gets gradually cheaper as you get nearer to the north, and cities like Coyhaique will be cheaper than the random tiny towns you find along the way.
Buses are usually quite cheap if you can find them. Sometimes after dinner shitty weather camping you can't be fucked to hitch-hike, and a bus is all you want
If you do ever plan to do it, message me and I'll send you recommendations of places to see/stay.
Thanks, I will. Why do you hitch-hike?
Never done it before, it's free, and also in many cases there are literally no bus services between the places you want to go.
Got it. I've hitchhiked in a few countries myself, but hearing Chile doesn't have any buses surprises me. Are your destinations super remote or is Chile less connected in general? Colombia had bus terminals everywhere, so I figured the rest of the continent must follow suit.
There are plenty of buses, but if you choose to visit some of the more remote towns you will have trouble finding public transport that stops there. Guadal and Bahรญa Muerta come to mind. Some of the hikes I went on like pampa del zoro start in the absolute middle of nowhere too, so you need to hitch-hike out to them
Good to know, I am very often in no-mans land. Thanks, I hope the road keeps treating you well.