A beautiful nights sleep, completely peaceful and breakfast with beautiful surroundings. Once packed we were on the road again, back down the dirt track 2km to rejoin the Carretera Austral. We then had our final few km of tarmac before hitting the bumpy gravel roads again.. The road surface was then really poor for a good 30-40km as we passed through a series of roadworks, cyclable for most of it, but with really loose bumpy gravel and a few areas that we had to push the bikes over. The road surface always seems to get worse whilst they are in the process of ´improving it´. The Tabanos (horseflies were out in force but generally OK whilst we were on the move. We stopped about halfway through the day for lunch and then a short walk to see views of Ventisquero Yelcho (a hanging glacier). Stunning and incredible that the huge lump of ice wasn´t that far from us, but we were happy walking and cycling in shorts and t-shirts. The river flowing from the glacier certainly had an icy-cold look and feel to it.The final part to the day had a long unexpected climb through jungle scenery up and out of the valley. There were lovely views at the top and a great if somewhat bumpy descent on the other side.The valley opened out at Villa Santa Lucia where we stopped at a tiny ´supermercado´ for an ice lolly and a few other supplies. A couple of other cyclists were also having a well deserved break at the end of the day. Again they were heading northwards so we had a cat and some information about the route ahead before continuing.
Within 10km we found water and a secluded place to camp and pitched up for the night.
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