Blogs from Puerto Varas, Los Lagos, Chile, South America - page 4

I was forced to spend a night in Santiago due to the revision of my flight back from Easter Island courtesy of LAN Airlines. It was not all bad as my friend Brian now works at a hostel in Santiago. I stayed the night there kicking it with him, Jay, and some other forgieners. The night of the fifth I bussed down to Chiloe. It was a seventeen hour ride. I must have slept well, because all went smoothly. I woke up in time to see our bus board the ferry to take us onto the island of Chiloe. I forced myself to stay awake to appreciate the scenic drive. It was not difficult. Chiloe is amazing. I was constantly reminded of England. There is a lot of European influence in Chiloe. Also, it was a ... read more

Hello everyone. You must be thinking that we have dropped off the planet, because it´s so long since we have been to our blog. We don´t have much time today, as we are off to some thermal springs in the Andes for a couple of days in a few minutes. We will update you on our adventures¨ when we have more time. We have had some good times and some bad, but overall it has been wonderful. We are both well and happy - hope all our friends are the same. Hasta luego Mary and Gordon... read more

Hello everyone! we are in puerto varas, chile. it is considered part of the lake district in patagonia. i didn´t go back to check when i wrote last time but i think we were headed to valparasio. what a cool town valpo was! we stayed there for three days and had a great time! we stayed at a cute little hostel with stained glass windows and an iron spiral staircase. it was run by three chilian men who i am sure if you combine the length of their deadlocks they would reach from chile to canada. really warm and friendly people! valparasio is a neat town that is built into the side of a hill so as you can imagine there are staircases everywhere (which we took notice to as soon as we missed our bus ... read more

Puerto Varas. When hand-writing my journal, I'd completely forgotten that I'd even been here!! I wrote that I'd gone straight from Pucon to Bariloche. That's how much of an impact this place had on me. It was a small town and if it hadn't have been raining or there had been something to do, I might have enjoyed it more. Ha. We went to an amazing restaurant with great food and brilliant staff though but I can't remember the name of it - I think it was Puro Toro or something similar. Definitely the best thing about Puerto Varas. We did however, escape for the day and took a ferry to Chiloe Island which was quite cool. It's a small Island that is still traditional, with old houses, dress and culture. Very pretty and worth a ... read more

Valdivia Kuche, anyone? What about a schop? Does anyone need a BischoffHaus? Yup, that's right... it's German country! Valdivia is known as the German capital of Chile, and I arrived on Hangover Day! It´s not an actual holiday... it's my way of saying that I visited Valdivia a day after the end of a 5-day Bierfest. In fact, the most popular - and maybe important place to visit is the Kunstmann beer factory, where allegedly the best beer in Chile is made. I walked the 4km to see what this place is all about and got there far too early. I didn't think it worth waiting around for, so I caught a colectivo back into town. Valdivia is a large cluster of German-style buildings set around a wide river with it's own little port, complete with ... read more