Blogs from Puerto Varas, Los Lagos, Chile, South America - page 8

Day 175: Arriving in the Chilean Lake district Although not raining when I got up this morning, the dark grey clouds outside didn't look too promising. I had initially thought that I'd stay a bit longer in Castro and visit the national park of Chiloe, but what with the weather, and the fact that there don't seem to be too many tourists around at this time of year, I've since had second thoughts. I'm all for going walking in some of the less well-known national parks, but to be the only person there who's not a hunter, else living in one of the settlements there, might be a bit creepy. The subsequent decision has been to remove myself from relative isolation and head up to Puerto Varas in the Chilean Lake District for a couple of ... read more

Marcelo lahti toihin. Macarena lahti kayttamaan minua Puerto Varasissa. Se sijaitsee Lago Llanquihuen rannalla, joka on kuulemma Etela-Amerikan toiseksi suurin jarvi. Kavelimme vahan ja piipahdimme sitten nettikahvilassa. Piipahdimme maen paalla olevassa puukirkossa. Lounaana oli 'mariscos' eli paaosin ayriaisia. Oli seassa kylla myos pala makkaraa ja savukinkkua. Oli mukavaa liikkua, kun oli paikallisopas, joka otti selvaa asioista. Kun esimerkiksi ensimmaisessa ravintolassa ei ollut ayriaisia, sielta meidat neuvottiin seuraavaan ja lounaspaikassa taas neuvottiin mista saisi ostettua kahvia mukaan. Ajoimme viela kaupungista itaan, jotta saatoin kuvata tulivuoria paremmin.... read more

PV has been our base for a couple of days, but apart from the views of the mountains and Lake Llanquihue it is really only a staging post for the trips through the lakes and the mountains and volcanos. There is nothing else remarkable about it although it presents itself as the tourist centre of Patagonia north. At breakfast in the hotel we bumped into our ex GP from Ponteland - Dr Anthony Kay plus wife who were on a Patagonian tour. Double takes all round Having 'done 'the Town in a couple of hours we invested €1 on one of the many local mini buses for the 20km trip to Puerto Montt. This turns out to be the staging post for the cruise ship market and their trips to the mountains, lakes and volcanoes too. ... read more

Summary in English: There is also a volcan Osorno in the Chile, not just a town Osorno. So we decided to have a closer look at this volcano as well. We travelled through Puerto Varas to a small village Petrohue situated just next to this volcano. It is a beautiful place on the lake. There are very nice waterfalls Petrohue as well with wonderful view on the volcano. We spent there a night in a family camp and had a nice smoked trout for a dinner :) Kedze sme tolko casu stravili v Osorne, tak sme sa rozhodli pozriet si aj sopku Osorno. Ale ta je trochu dalej. Tak sme sa z Osorna presunuli cez Puerto Varas do Petrohue - malickej dedinky, ktora existuje asi len preto, ze z nej chodia lode na vyhliadkove plavby a ... read more

On March 10th my lovely parents popped into Puerto Montt for two weeks of traveling through the Lakes District of Chile and Argentina. For me this meant two weeks of staying in rooms with my own bathroom and eating something other than empanadas de loco and fried salmón with papas fritas. We started our travels with a few days on the island of Chiloé to visit both historic wooden churches and Magellanic penguins. Chiloé defies the stereotype that Chile is too much like the States (a common declaration by Argentines, mind you). It's remoteness has preserved shanty fishing villages of houses mounted on stilts (palafitos), great seafood dishes such as paila marina filled with various degrees of unidentifiable local shellfish, and more than 150 wooden churches. In search for drier weather, after a few days ... read more