Elun Lihue Frutillar

... whinning. All we´d eaten yesterday was some white bread for breakfast and Santiago Sushi (not recommended).. all good though... the crackers got me throught it! So we arrived into Puerto Montt this morning @ 9ish.. the weather overcast and f-ing freezing! teaches me for wearing shorts! We walked around looking at the abundant array of accommodation - some were old and dirty and in the end we found one a little over the budget but looks ...

... not a good thing to do a few days before I planned to go hiking. Lastly we arrived at Puerto Montt where I left the bus to get my boat. All in all I enjoyed my bus experience. It was a good way to meet people and have a laugh while stopping at some beautiful places on the way. I also met Anne (who is a Dutch guy and this is not pronounced the same as we would pronounce it in England) who was also booked on the same boat as me so I had got myself a new travelling companion.

... drinking, chatting, seeing amazing scenery when the clouds parted, reading my book and eating prison quality food withing a prision style regime... and laughing when someone fell off a chair and their food went in the air with a big wave! The most stunning thing was pulling up next to the biggest glacier in south america, which was a dense, bright blue colour due to the pressure of the ice, was amazing and seeing it first thing in the morning did lead to afew people ...

... I think. Untitled, and horrible, just horrible. Alvin and the Chipmunks (this was dubbed, just imagine.) What Happens in Vegas I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry Chilean comedy team ripping off Abbott and Costello big-time, filmed circa 1978. This was interesting not because of the level of comedy sophistication, but because I think it must have been filmed during the Pinochet dictatorship, (go look it up!)when it seems like comedy, especially ...

... Ted clip...http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=98 hO97ky-sA With a lot of cows. Lots and lot of cows in fact. Seriously, if you ever look around and think to yourself, "I know what i could do with; its a few thousand ...

... We walked around in Castro for awhile, which consisted largely of leg work-outs on the hills. Ruthie and Noori had the bright idea to jump on a trampoline we found, until some sketchy man came over and blocked the net exit until they paid him. Questionable if it was really his trampoline or just a gringo trap, but entertaining for me as photographer. We also ate our first Danky Cones. They're just packaged ice cream cones, but we've ...

... didn´t discourage me from exploring the town (in my raincoat of couse). I spent some time at the waterfront which I imagine would be quite lovely on a sunny day but I must admit that standing on the pier over the water in the blustery grey weather watching the waves roll in did have its own appeal. I also wandered to the coolest looking Catholic church I ...

... reinlassen und gestatten die rucksaecke im kassenhaeuschen abzustellen! sehen kann man typische deutsche bauernhaeuser, eine wassermuehle, fotos, landmaschinen,... ganz huebsch... bis... busseweise brasilianer kommen! die muessen natuerlich zahlen! und wir uns beeilen dass wir nicht in die fluten geraten! nach gut 1 stunde museum geht dann au schon weiter...

Lesson learned, if you splurge a little on a hotel, you get heat! Took the bus up to Frutillar, a lakeside town founded by german colonists at the turn of the 20th century. It is really beautiful, almost looks like germany, except there is a giant snow capped volcano across the lake! Lots of old german style houses, barns, cows. It is all beautiful rolling green countryside. Still dogs everywhere though. some just sort of follow alongside you, like they are looking for a friend. I ...

... The trip before us had 10m waves and the majority of the passengers had been sick. I had my sickness tablet, but when it came the gulf was a bit of an anticlimax and the worst side effects I experienced were drunken stumbling (just like my usual Friday night!) as the boat rolled slowly from side to side. After the boat trip Manny and I decided to go trekking together to two national parks in the Lake District region close to Bariloche (Argentina) and Osorno (Chile).