Ah yes , that ' s where I got my 10 th one from <| sep |> Okay thanks ! I guess I ' ll wait a bit longer then ! <| sep |> And that could somehow be used as a reason for independence . Seems a bit of a stretch . <| sep |> Hi ! Ive done this trip before , but I hitchhiked from Chiloe and made it to Puerto Beltrant and then came back up the other side of the General Carrera lake , going through Chile Chico . I definitely recommend north to south for the same reason you thought of scenery gets gorgeous . Puerto montt and Chiloe are great but as soon as you get deeper into the rainforests of Patagonia , its another world . Since I hitchhiked , I traveled by car , truck , anything that would give me a ride . Its pretty scary to drive in there , be very careful . We saw many accidents and were told many many horror stories by the truckers . In the Queulat , the national park that you drive through as the Carretera Austral crosses over the mountain range , the road is very closed in , trees on every side real thick and a lot of times it forms a cannopy over the road so its like a tunnel . Its very twisty and you can ' t see or hear cars comming your way until you meet them in a turn . While sleeping im a tent , we witnessed a truck flip over on its back at 3 am in front of us . We had to help get the people out and walked with them 3 to the town we were near to . It was really small like 10 houses maybe and they radioed for help . Ambulance and police arrived 4 hours after the incident . If they had had life threatening injuries . Idk . We also were in the Carretera once when a boulder came off the mountain and rolled into the road . No injuries or casualties since theres not that many cars in the road , but we were stuck and had to wait for many hours to get the way cleared . Other than that , its a fantastic and awesome experience . Wonderful locals , and beautiful scenery . I really hope you enjoy it ! And take a hitchhiker every now and then x