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For our passage to Chile we decided on the Lakes Crossing route, which is pretty pricey, but we thought it would be more scenic than the bus.   The bus takes about 5 hours to go over the Andes from Bariloche to Puerto Montt (including clearing customs). The lakes crossing takes 2 days (in winter, and a 1 day option available in summer) and involves boat trips across 3 lakes and 3 bus trips in between, with a night spent either in Puerto Blest (Argentina) or Peulla (Chile, pronounced Pe...

It was a "typically Argentine" end to our near 2 month trip through in Argentina!  We had booked the lakes-crossing to Chile with a night half-way across in a hotel to leave from Bariloche - we had booked at taxi to pick us up from our hostel at 6:30 to ensure that we got to the station in good time for the appointed 7:15 start.  We were awakend at 5:25 with a knock on our door to see if we were ready - unbeknownst to us, they had changed the clocks in Argentina so ou...