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A town with a wonderful feel to it.
We thought we had a short bus trip because if you go by car it is 3 hrs. We forgot about all the stops the bus had to make. So 6hrs later we were there.
Puerto Varas is a very nice town right on Lago Llanquihue.
We stayed in Canales del Sur, a bed and breakfast that is actually in somebodies home. We were greeted by Juan Antonio and …
Exploring Osorno and Puyehue
We got up early, and ate breakfast with a French and a Canadian girl who are here working on a tourism project for the Chilean government. They've already been here three weeks of the three month project and have endured clouds and rain the entire time. Although the reputation for the South is that the weather is always like this, locals say it …
Maybe We Are Crazy After All !
... one tiny portion of marmalade, a pouch of coffee creamer and a packet of sugar. Surely coffee would follow. WRONG! Fortunately, Josh reminded me that I had an apple in my purse. I devoured it immediately. Within a few minutes the bus pulled up to the Chilean border and we all had to go through customs. Everything coming into the country had to be checked. Large and small pieces of luggage lay on the ...
Chile's Volcanoes & Lakes
On day 29 whilst heading south from Los Angeles, we stopped in the small city of Temuco where the free market brings in all the Mapuche people from the surrounding areas to sell fresh produce and a thin range of arts and crafts. We wandered around the markets for a little while playing the roles of gawking gringos before stocking up on fresh tomatoes, cheese, avocadoes and fruit and and headed to the central plaza in town to eat it all. Mum (aka the strange gringo dog lady) ...
Touring Puerto Varas and surrounding area
... that is where all good Presbyterians sit!). By the time the church bells rang at 12pm there were perhaps 20 people in the pews, but slowly the sanctuary filled as the service got underway. It was all in Spanish so we really have no idea of how the service compared with one in North America, and of course we are not that familiar with catholic services anyway. What we can say for sure is that the crowd was much younger than any church we have attended ...