Club Presidente Puerto Montt

... it cheap.<br><br>Our crew was Loki (Oz), Jeremy (SA), Kendra (Ger), Tobias (Ger) and we met a load of other Brits, French, Dutch and Ozzies on board.<br><br>The Navimag departs very early on Tuesday morning, so they board everyone at 9pm the previous night (free accommodation for a night!). On board there were only 40 of us - a mix of those that had paid the full price when prebooking from abroad (and obeyed the online rules page...namely no outside alcohol on board ...

... have a clue. They are so connected to the Chilean world that they live in, yet still connected to the rest of the world. <br><br>I take pictures of as much as I can and as luck would have it the forest opens in skirted by a lake. The kids walk along the shore looking for flat rocks to skip along the water. I watch as they playfully and most unsuccessfully SKIP rocks. I am sure a thousand miles away on the other side of the Pacific there are teens doing the ...

... Eliana off at the bus station. It was kind of strange leaving her alone. I have seen her every day for the past month and it will miss her. My new companions tell me how nice and sweet she is and wishes their host mom was more like her.<br><br>I am working at the Instituto Puerto Montt. The best part of working here this week is the students are funny, energetic and eager to learn. Best of all they speak English very ...

... to a really beautiful isolated glacier (Pio XI to those obsessed with that kind of stuff). It's the largest glacier in the southern hemisphere with a surface area of over 1,200kms, making it a true ice giant. It´s over 6 km wide, 60km long and its ice towers reach higher than 75 meters. Seeing it appear through the semi darkness and pulling up to it at sunrise was breathtaking, especially as we knew there was no one around for ...

Puerto Montt: we quickly passed through the shipwrecks and the tremendous market stalls of Angelmo, where smell of fish is in the air, and ´sopa de mariscos´ in our stomach. Puerto Varas war sehr schoen, with its Germans who settled there 100 years ago. A feel of Oktoberfest! From there on the back of a pick ...

... the afternoon. Certainly the most obvious thing that we noticed now that we were away from the Northen Andean regions of South America was how European everything seemed to be. The architecture and people are completley different, and although it possibly wasn´t as exciting travelling in this region (compared to the otherworldly Northen Andean countries), it was certainly pleasent to be able to enjoy some home ...

I took the famous seven lakes route from San Martin de Los Andes down to Villa La Angostura and then caught a bus back across the Chilean border to Puerto Montt. Only had a quick stop in Puerto Montt in order to catch up on some chores in the city before heading on down to the more rural island of Chiloe for the weekend. Next week I aim to be on the long haul south ...

... makes me numero uno. You also sit and chat, watch movies - watched some interesting Chilean ones. My previous experience of Chilean cinema being somewhat limited I must admit... We had some talks about the area ...

... is the small town of Angelmo and here they have many artisan kiosks. I was looking for some handmade shawls to use in Costa Rica during cool evenings and after searching each small shop - I found two that had exactly what I was looking for - and one shop made a better deal for me - so I bought quite a few nice shawls and was very happy for that. Will and Alli - you both got some very cool winter hats and Alli - you got some fun colored gloves for next ...

... pero muy poco preservada, ya que muy desordenadamente hay construcciones modernas mezcladas con las antiguas edificaciones que pasan un poco desapercibida su belleza con el contraste moderno. Después de llegar a la terminal de transportes caminamos por todo el malecón, contemplando la bahia con sus aguas tranquila y al parecer sus aguas casi congeladas que se podía sentir con solo ...