http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Los-Lagos/Ensenada/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Chile , Los Lagos , Ensenada en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:35:08 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:35:08 +0000 Cas se pomalu ale jiste nachyluje ke konci roku a tudiz i nasi cesty a tak se vydavame do posledniho narodniho parku ktery v dlouhem Chile stihame navstivit cesta tam z Puerto Varas trva cca 1 hodinu. Jedeme mensim autobuskem s ridicem ktery ma velmi silne reproduktory a hraje nam skladby z Dirty Dancing na radu prichazi Scorpions Europe atd. povidat jsme si pritom moc nemohli ale pan ridic http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Los-Lagos/Ensenada/blog-360466.html During my stay in Puerto Varas I joined a tour one late afternoon for a tour of Volcan Osorno and its environs. It was a wonderful opportunity considering the perfect weather with no cloud in the sky to see the volcano clearly. I got picked up at the guest house and after picking other passengers we drove along the eastern shore of Lago Llanquihue stopping once to take photos of Volcan Osorno http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Los-Lagos/Ensenada/blog-341240.html After parting ways with David who headed north to hike Volcn Lann I ended up heading toward Cocham Valley which is fast becoming a mecca for climbers. The valley is known as the Yosemite of South America for its granite batholiths that rim its edges. Because it remains icefree for much of the year its gaining popularily among international climbers partially to the hard work of Daniel http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Los-Lagos/Ensenada/blog-135656.html After sadly saying goodbye to Ben and Subhani Angus and I headed to Chile to do a different kind of trek. It was a four day trek around a beautiful volcano in the Southern lake district of Chile. We camped at the bottom for the first day and then climbed over 1000 metres to the refugio half way up. It was a wooden hut with beds for 16 people and a wood burning stove. We met lots of interesting pe http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Los-Lagos/Ensenada/blog-48575.html I tried my best to get my US90 worth at breakfast and I think I almost made it. Breakfast almost made up for what dinner lacked. It absolutely poured with rain all morning so we just sat lounged around in the hotel reading had a late lunch and kileld time until the scheduled 2pm ferry departure.I cycled the 1km down to the ferry and got absolutely drenched in the process ... It has rained fo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Chile/Los-Lagos/Ensenada/blog-28955.html