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Puerto Varas Slideshow
Puerto Varas
Travel Blogs from Puerto Varas, Chile
Puerto Varas
... with the people I met on the ship. Since we heard that Puerto Montt wasn't the best place to stay , we all went to Puerto Varas, 30 min at the north, at a camping by the Llanquihue lake. A little bath before preparing the especially elaborated meal ...
Chucky and The Towers of Pain
... hostel came and picked us up. Included in the six was Karina and a Kiwi/Aussie couple Joe and Rochelle. We wandered around Puerto Varas for a while, admiring the views across Lago Llanquihue to the volcano, Osorno. We got a bus to a nearby place called ...
Time for a rant!
... in a state... They weren't nice either as one couple laughed at us for spending 2 months taking our time in Argentina and Chile - instead of what they were doing zipping through South America to say done this, done that... and there were these girls from ...
Best lunch so far
... had cake for breakfast. What a way to start the day! After breakfast we drove from Valdivia to Puerto Montt and then onto Puerto Varas. Puerto Montt was the furthest south that we have ever been and will be the furthest south that we get to on this trip. ...
Lake Llanquihue
... in driving on the wrong side of the road...we stalled a couple of times and then finally made it out of the maze that is Puerto Varas (all of six streets to get lost in) and off we went round the Llangquihue lake towards Volcano Osorno. We stopped at each ...
Veilig en OK!!
For english, scroll down. Hallo, Zojuist is Dennis op MSN geweest. Hij is veilig en wel in Puerto Montt aangekomen. Het enigste wat hij heeft gemerkt is dat er een viaduct was ingestort waardoor ze 3,5 uur om moesten rijden. En ongelofelijk maar ...
Chile - First stop
... NZ is so disconnected from everywhere (even itself) as it actually feels like a separate country. We were told to stay in Puerto Varas instead of Puerto Montt and could see why. The town is nice, fairly small and the buildings have quite a bit of German ...
Puerto Varas seniors societys excursion to a volca
Went for a jog around the town in the morning, including alongside the watersedge. Lot of people out running. Tim feels upset because he is feeling very unfit Tim cooks scrambed eggs for lunch and with his burnt toast smokes out the kitchen , and ...
Los Lagos
Los Lagos district in Chile is marvelous , lots of Lakes and Volcanos . Today I trveled from Enre Lagos to Puerto Varas , took an shortcut which you know always takes longer, had an flat and had to drive true about 30 miles of Dirtroad , at the beginning ...
Another wedding and what the Jesuits found
... all around the world. She marched to the kitchen, corralled the missing staff and coffee soon appeared. After fifty minutes circling Puerto Varas picking up other passengers for the trip we finally set off along the shore road. At least that was what ...
Circuito Andino
... was fun though as I met a whole bunch of Belgians with a Belgian guide and they were quite fun. As well I could practice my spanish with a local what is always good but not always easy. Believe me Stop at Puerto Varas for the night as it is a nice place. ...
Sentinel Volcanoes
... the fast traffic. We can see the volcanoes to our left, snow capped and towering above the surrounding lands. We stop in Puerto Varas on Lake Llanquihue. This is a stunning view across the lake to two towering volcanoes, Volcan Osorno is perfectly conical ...
Puerto Varas, lake country
We left early and had a 6 hour ride to Puerto Varas. Again it was a lakeside town but bigger than Pucon. We didn't do much the first day, just explored the town. On day 2 we visitied Puerto Montt, which is a big city, but it was the biggest waste of time! ...
Recovery, borders and fantastic fish!
... packed mini bus! There was then a quick bus journey down to the coach station for a 6 hour journey to Puerto Varas. All the way to the border of Chile, there was evidence of the volcano that blew a year ago with ash everywhere, more so in one little ...
Puerto Varas and Chiloe
... south took us to the town of Puerto Varas, 1000kn south of Santiago.Temperatures have dropped, its time for two fleeces. Puerto Varas is a typical alpine town located on the shores of Lake Llanquihue, founded by Germans in 1845 .....so great chocolate to ...
Lacs et volcans
... et qu’il n’y avait pas d’autres touristes, c’etait tres reposant. Petite visite de la ville de Puerto Varas. Ce qui nous a le plus marque est la forte influence allemande (gastronomie, nom des rues, maisons anciennes, ...
A little bit of German and alot of rain
So Puerto Varas, is a little port town on Lake Llanquihue (further south in the lake district) with quite a bit of German influence. Such a cute little town, but unfortunately I was only here fro one day and woke up to pouring rain:( While this did deter ...
Viva Chile
Tuesday, May 16 Puerto Varas, Chile Newsflash of the day that will be appreciated by my DC huevonas....Benjamin is taken! He is apparently with Argentine model Pampita, and they now have a child. Lo siento Kirsten, Liesje, y Lisa....hay que ...
A German Town
Puerto Varas is 30km north of Puerto Montt and sits on Lago Llanquihue (pronounced Yankee Way). A small town settle by Germans and Swiss, it was lovely to spend a few days preparing for Torres del Paine. The hotel at which we stayed was just a ...
Chilly Chile
... nbsp;it was time to move on from our temporary home and we spent 2 more weeks travelling in Argentina before crossing the border into Chile this week. We stayed in a cabin in El Bolson for a week and while there did a trip on 'La Trochita', perhaps ...
A ChillinŽ Christmas In Chile
... very strange scenario. Border crossing were rather straight forward, and the rest of the journey pased smoothly until we arrived in Puerto Varas. The coach dropped us off on some street, not even in the coach station, and as it was running ...
The Return of the šLoampistenš
... aufgrund der schoenen Kletterwaende haufenweise Klettermaxis zu finden sind. Nach dem gleichen Rueckweg (s.o.) sind wir im wunderschoenen Puerto Varas gelandet und haben ein pickfeines Hotel bezogen, den Schlamm der letzten 2 Tage runtergewaschen, und ...
More volcanos and a waterfall
... climbing and horse trek adventures, we were too sore to do much else but relax and enjoy a few days of chilling in Puerto Varas. Puerto Varas is a sleepy little tourist town on a huge lake, with a few volcanos dotted around the horizon. On our last ...
first sighting of sun in a week
The sun finally came out , so we headed for Purerto Varas. Stopped and viewed the Saltos del Petrohue and then a drive back to L Burbuja to see if we could see anything today. No luck so we drove 55kms to the little port town of ...
The down side to travelling in the off season.
... after one rained out day, we decided to leave and begin our last stretch, up north. We had planned on spending 12 days between Puerto Montt and Santiago, this would mean travelling at quite a pace as we wanted to see as much as possible in quite a short ...
Deliverance
... my town in Honduras, so I had a nice little trip down memory lane, if nothing more. Leaving Chiloe, I caught a bus up to Puerto Varas, the beginning of the lake district. Its a beautiful town right on a (you guessed it) huge lake, with a perfectly ...