We flew south from Santiago to Chile's Lake District, being a distance of 1000km. Our destination was Puerto Varas on Lake Llanquihue, which is the third largest natural lake in South America. It is spring time in Chile and the Lake District is lush and green. They tell us that it normally rains on average 250 days a year. All the spring flowers one sees in the UK are to be seen here and it is just like being in Europe in April. This european feeling is strengthened by the German architecture that prevails throughout the area as a result of German immigrants arriving here in the Lake District in the 19th century and setting up businesses and farms. Lake Llanquihue dominates the area and the lake itself is dominated by two active volcanoes. Volcano Osorno
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