Blogs from Osorno, Los Lagos, Chile, South America - page 3

Summary in English: We arrived in Osorno, small town, but lots of small markets and lots of people. We moved after few hours to a camp about 90 km away in mountains. There we were all alone :) Next day we made a nice (but L O N G) trip to the place called Pampa Frutilla - a very nice spot. We pitched our tent on a snow (very good experience) and had a beautiful morning. Z Puconu sme prisli do Osorna. Osorno vyzera skor ako velky trh, vsade stanky, clovek aby sa prebijal ked chce prejst. No a kde je vela ludi, tam je aj velka moznost, ze sa priplichti nejaky zlodej ale to sa nam nastastie nestalo - to len tak na ilustraciu, ze sme sa necitili moc bezpecne. No a potom sme isli ... read more

Osorno only made for a very quick stop - I hadn´t heard anything fantastic or even agreable about it. But when I went to get some stuff done while I was waiting for the next bus connection, I figured that it wasn´t that bad at all. Only because there is no tourist tam tam it doesn´t mean that it doesn´t have its own charme. Guess it was actually one of the most authentic chilean cities I got to see so far. There were no made up fancy and shiny tourist shops, expensive cafe's or restaurants and hawkers galore but a very normal (I suppose) buzz of people running around getting their daily business done. It's fun to see what chilean life is all about. Everything seems to be a tad slower than what we are used ... read more