Blogs from Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile, South America

Chegamos a valdivia por volta das 22h e ja com hostel reservado e proximo da estacao as 23h ja estavamos no quarto. Inicialmente pensamos ficar 2 noites mas a verdade e que no dia seguinte aquando da visita a cidade rapidamente nos apercebemos que nesse mesmo dia poderiamos ir para puerto varas. Um dia chegava perfeitamente. Por outro lado, o hostel nao era mto acolhedor e a dona tb nao pelo que facilmente concluimos que a melhor opcao era seguir viagem. Nao ha mto a dizer de Valdivia, e cercaa por um rio mas o centro nao atrai, poucos monumentos tem e e sobretudo a volta que uma pessoa pode tirar partido de la estar. Mas como vos disse, decidimos ir nesse mesmo dia, dia 5 janeiro para Puerto Varas no autocarro das 16.15 que levaria ... read more

(Yo escribiré esta blog primero en Ingles y despues en Español) After saying goodbye to my family in Manchester airport and travelling 36 hours through London, Madrid and Santiago, I finally arrived in Valdivia where I got back together again with Leslie after 9 months apart. It was really nice to be back together again and it didn't take any time at all to feel like we had never been apart. I was surprising fresh when I arrived and we took one of the local buses to the Valdivia town and arrived at the house/ cabin. It’s small but cosy and close to the centre of the town. My first impression of Valdivia was that there are a lot of cables... all along the streets. But it seemed a nice place and nice weather. The night ... read more

We are off!!!!!! We left our beloved home of Viña on the night of the 22nd and headed to Pucon. The drive was amazing as we were entering the lake district. We must have seen ten different lakes just on the way down. We arrived early in the morning and found a hostel that we could camp in the back yard for a very cheap price. The frst day we went on a little hike to a huge waterfall. The hike was alright, mostly on the road which is not my favorite, but once we arrived at the waterfall it was all worth it. I think the waterfall was about as big as multnomah falls. Also during our hike we did not see one single person which was unusual because Pucon is the most touristic town ... read more

There´s plenty we need to update between Bariloche and now, but here is a sort of news flash i suppose... We are in Chile for the 4am earthquake this morning, but we are fine. We are something like 900km south of Santiago, so where we are there's no major damage. I've never jumped out of bed so quick, but Sarah slept through the whole thing! Who knows how we'll get on travelling north over the next week, but I think we'll be OK. We'll update the rest of the blog soon!... read more

Visited Corral and a few islands. Many Spanish forts from the 1700's... read more

au retour de Pucon ,nous sommes retourné dire au revoir a Patchi et "los Patchis "ses frères jumeaux de la même "buena onda" :) mias arrivant avant midi pour ne pas la faire lever trop tot :) on es passé par le marché Mapuche ou il y'avait une représentation de stand et ..après s'être joint a une danse traditionnel avec eux..une dégustation de spécialitées culinaires ^_^ très chouette :) Quand nous somme arrivée chez Patchi elle avait une surprise..Antu! un petit kien labrador qu'elle a trouvé pleurant dans la rue ..après avoir sonné chez les voisin alentours pour savoir si c epetit chein leur appartenait et les réponses s'averant négatives.. elle l'a recueillit dans le cercle familliale de sa petite maison au grand cOeur.. un vrai bonheur d'avoir partager quelque jour chez elle et d'y revenir ... read more