Blogs from Puerto Montt, Los Lagos, Chile, South America - page 3

Porto Montt: Today we called at the lake district of Chile. The third largest lake in South America is located here, Lago Llanquihui. On it’s banks is located the city of Puerto Varas also known as The City of Roses. Today’s adventure will be something different. The sky was blue when we entered the harbor at Porto Montt and the air smelled fresh with a hint of herb or spice. By the time we tendered into town the sky had turned a molten grey and the breeze was fresh. We met our guide Theresa and our local chef Ricardo. We made the short drive to the local market to pick up ingredients for lunch. The market was in an old wooden building but was immaculately clean and fresh smelling. All the produce looked wonderful and the ... read more

It took me only about driving up 5 one-ways and Charle going “Chicka jy moet aan die ander kant ry!” to learn that, here, they drive on the wrong side of the road and the steering wheel is also on the wrong side of the car! We pretty much reversed all the way to Pucon, but we made it there and we both immediately liked the place, but we didn’t go there for the scenery, no, we had a goal! And that was to summit volcano Villaricca! Being as lazy as I am, I figured, nah, rock spider shoes, water and a waterproof jacket, we’ll be sweet! Hah! That’ll teach me to do better research. The summit is only 2,847m, the temperature on that volcano is between 0 and 5 degrees Celsius and no, water is ... read more

In Pt. Mont especially the Angelmo Market is nice. I also went to Pt. Varas and the amazing waterfall and Vulcano Osorno.... read more

The Chilean government was at one time worried about the lack of public displays of affection and the falling birth rate. Puerto Montt was chosen as somewhere to pilot a government initiative and a large statue of a couple embracing was erected (see first photograph). I was fortunate enough to be in Puerto Montt on Public Embracing Day when the 'couple most likely to stay together' posed at the foot of the statue, and the female half of last year's couple posed on the statue's seat displaying the resultant baby. The spirit of this initiative has now spread throughout South America and it is no longer unusual to see couples holding hands in the street, and even kissing! Puerto Montt is a delightful town in a bay almost surrounded by mountains where even the young are ... read more

Rano sme si vyzdvihli nase velke batohy z hostela kde sme ich nechali pred nasim vyletom do narodneho parky a mali este cas na prijemny piknik v blizkom parku. Na stanici sme zistili ze autobus ktory mal odchadzat o tretej pride najskor o stvrtej. Na chilskej strane hranice nas ako obycajne cakala podrobna prehliadka kvoli zakazu dovozu cerstveho jedla do Chile. Vsetky veci museli ist cez rontgen a nejakym nestastnikom objavili obrovske zasoby jedla - klobasky, chleba, susene ovocie, zelenina. Samozrejme ze vsetko museli ist von, Stanik nemohol zniest pohlad na klobasky putujuce do kosa a tak sa hned opytal ci je to mozne zjest tam. Colnici suhlasili a tak si par ludi urobilo hostinu. Dotycny clovek bol samozrejme nahnevany a tak si zanadaval - po cesky a tak sme sa hned aj dali do reci, ... read more