Blogs from Puerto Varas, Los Lagos, Chile, South America - page 6

For a change I thought I would give the gospel a miss and enlighten you to a few other developments over the last week...... So, expense number 1. We received a lovely email from our campervan company highlighting that everything was not well with our New Zealand account. In fact there was an outstanding balance that was owed to them , and inturn owed to the local bill. Yes, after driving a sports car (and a might turbo charged beast at that, known as the "Cheadle Hulme Bullet") in the uk for many years and keeping a clean nose, I managed to rack up a speeding fine in NZ. The fastest toilet in Lake Taupo apparently. At first I felt proud that I had managed to take not only a diesel tranny to 77 in a ... read more

Hello from Steph. I'm making a guest appearance at writing the blog, so it may not be up to the usual standards! We have had a really good time since leaving Ushuaia, and have made up for all the overnight bus trips and dodgy hostels with a bit of comfort, starting with the Mare Australis. This was a 3 day cruise to Punta Arenas in Chile, on a smallish boat with 132 passengers from 19 countries including just 7 from the UK. The ship was very luxurious and we had a huge cabin, with beds rather than bunks, and a big window to watch the scenery go by. It was “all inclusive” and the food was excellent and plentiful. Oh and there was plenty of wine and cocktails, although we only really tried these out on ... read more

Ein herziges Doerfchen mit ca. 30000 Einwohner. Viele Chilenen verbringen hier Ihre Ferien. An Restaurant's und Kaffee's mangelt es nicht. Einen Tag verbrachten wir am Strand des Sees bei angenehmen 28 Grad. Am anderen Tag fuhren wir mit dem oeffentlich Bus nach Puerto Montt um diese Stadt zu erkunden. Ausser der Hafenanlage mit den Fisch- und Marktstaenden gibt es hier absolut nichts zu sehen. Wir entschieden uns nach Pucon, eine Feriengegend mit vielen Ausflugsmoeglichkeiten, (etwas noerdlicher gelegen) zu fahren.... read more

Pri odjezdu z Puconu nam v autobuse pousti neuveritelnou japonskou komedii s fotbalovou tematikou, neco jako kung-fu fotbal, kdo nevidel, neuveri, velmi vtipne, hlavne ale asi pro Japonce. Jedeme na rozhrani dvou narodnich parku, do mista doporuceneho jednim Americanem ze Santiaga. Mame jeho dokonale propracovany navigacne-informacni letak s preklepy, takze uz na autobusaku vypadame jako paka, kdyz chceme listky do "El Pancha", ktere se ve skutecnosti jmenuje "El Poncho". Autobus je plny mistnich lidi, protoze uz sam Scott, tot autor navigacniho letacku, uvadi, ze misto, kam jedeme, je trochu mimo turistickou trasu, takze se moc tesime. V autobuse ovsem 2 mistnaci zapinaji svoji multimedialni Nokii a pousti utahane bombas se silenymi zpevy, ktere neustanou driv jak po 3 hodinach, do toho se s dalsi multimedialni Nokii pridava pred nimi sedici divka, ktera pridava do vinku nejaky ... read more

To get to Puerto Varas, we had to fly into Puerto Montt airport, and were transferred by car for 45 minutes to Puerto Varas by a woman trying to sell us every tour under the sun. We stayed at the Vicky Johnson guesthouse, a lovely old place with massive high ceilings and a massive living room to read in. The town of Puerto Varas is very picturesque and we sat by the huge lake enjoying the surrounding views of snow capped volcanoes and local dogs and kids splashing in the lake. We briefly checked out the casino which was not great and did some laundry in the rather dull town. Adventure sports of kayaking and rafting seemed to be the thing to do here. So the next day we were picked up in the morning and ... read more