Hey all, thought of keeping a daily journal of my 9 day trek around the lakes district in Chile, however, given the time constraints decided to post a few pics along w/ verbiage...needless to say it was a nice break, the intent was to backpack/bus around the area to get a taste of the local flavor/sites...mission accomplished, however, in the future i will simply rent a car, lost way too many hours busing around...that said, journey started and ended in Valdivia visiting Pucon, Castro (Chiloe), Puerto Montt, Puerto Varas, Puerto Octay (my favorite). Just way too much to do; hiking, mountain climbing, white water rafting, horseriding, canopying, canoyeering, etc. and such little time. I would encourage each of u to visit this area whenever possible. The German influence is apparent everywheres, which makes for an
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