Puerto Montt, Chile and Onwards to Argentina

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Travelling forever onwards, our next visit was to the pretty port of Puerto Montt, a small fishing town.  Here, we had a short stop to visit the fish market and it was a shame that it was raining! Although, it didn't bother it's star attractions, the resting Sea Lions.
We stayed here for one night, but couldn't really appreciate the quaint town because of the rain.

The next day we started off on our epic journey from Chile into Argentina. We had a brief stop at the Saltos Del Petrohue, a series of fast flowing waterfalls, which were very impressive. 

We then went to board the first of three boats that would ferry us across different lakes towards out next country, Argentina 
The first lake was the most impressive as the light was perfect. We looked out across the lake, and stared in delight at the stunning cloud formations and mountain ranges. We were lucky that that we had left the rain behind. Later that evening, I even had a chance to do a quick watercolour as my impression of the scene. 

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After stopping for lunch, we set off on an old-style bus to traverse a bumpy road across the border. Unfortunately, because of the waiter coming for payment to us last, we had to sit at the back of the bus, which was not a good place on a bumpy road! I was sat on a raised seat at the back and felt like shouting 'Yee Ha' all the time, whilst holding on for dear life. How Sue, who sat next to me, managed to fall asleep, I'll never know!
 Leaving Chile meant a short queue at customs, where one suitcase was selected  to be opened and inspected. Fortunately, not ours, and we were soon on our way. We briefly stopped at the border to photograph the two countries' signs before moving on, eventually arriving at the passport control for Argentina late at night, 
Joining the queue wasn't too bad compared with the one going the other way towards Chile. Unfortunately, a student stopped Sue to fill in a questionnaire. It took so long we thought we might have to leave her behind!
Finally arriving at the hotel, after a long but interesting day, we settled down for a well-deserved rest.