Hotel Chancerel Puerto Varas

... and the great thing about Chile is that it never costs very much to travel by bus. From Puerto Montt to Puerto Varas the fare was $700 pesos ($2.80 USD for roundtrip ticket). That is not bad for a 20 minute bus ride. Puerto Varas is a town surrounded by a lake. Unlike Parral it has lots of large beautiful hotels for tourists and while in Puerto Varas you feel as if you were in a small European village. <br><br>When we arrive to Puerto Varas we go, straight ...

... so glad to have achieved the climb. After a shower we went to some hot springs and soothed our aching muscles which was bliss as the spring water was very hot in one pool and cooler in the other so we could alternate. With a glass of vino it was all the more relaxing. What a top day. Thursday 26th March Puerto Varas We stayed in a lovely hostel owned and opperated by a young Chilean couple, the next morning we headed to Puerto Monte to the NaviMag Ferry to head south

... museum! Ben and Diego and Lindsey as Frida. Too bad Lindsey doesn't have the uni-brow to go with it! Det enjoying one of his pausas just outside the exhibit while the rest of us soak up some culture. Lindsey having a fat day on top of Parque Saint Lucia The ...

DC to Santiago I took a whirlwind trip back to the U.S. for Christmas and picked up Peter to make our way back to Santiago. A couple of essential items I was missing that I had to bring back with me included: Honey Nut Cheerios, granola bars, Newman's Own dressing and soft toilet paper. It was great to have Pete here and show him the "Chilean way of life" which basically is just a whole lot more relaxed than ...

... so no eskimo rolls required! But we did have 2 days of rain - not unusual given the high annual rainfall here - although the great thing about rain is that it keeps the tabanos (those nasty massive prehistoric horseflies) away. These creatures are really something else. They appear out of nowhere, in the middle of the ocean and will buzz around, annoying the hell out of you, until their life ends suddenly with a sharp ...

Weiter ging unsere Reise dann suedlich bis nach Punta Arenas. Dort hatten wir nicht mehr so Glueck mit dem Wetter. Es war sehr kalt und hat oft geregnet. Wir haben in der Naehe eine Pinguinkolonie besucht. Es war intressant die Tiere zu beobachten. Nun sind wir in Puerto Montt. Heute ist das Wetter super. Wir sind mit dem Bus nach Puerto Varas ...

... on the court. The crowd was small but enthusiastic, and at half time all the kids in the audience get to run rampant on the court and shoot baskets. We also learned that "al seco" can be yelled out here, to mean "drain the ball! Sink it!" We got really attached to the home team and were devastated when they lost by 5 in the last moments of play. The whole experience was reinvigorating and ...

... hours to 4 days. Nausea washed over us as we contemplated the full horror of another day or more in Puerto Munt. We consoled ourselves with the fact that if it had snowed enough to shut the main pass into Argentina then the snow in Bariloche would be incredible. If we could ever get there. We needn´t have worried. The pass cleared the very next morning following a rise in temperature and a seemingly endless downpour of "skier´s friend".

... klok rond slapen was juist wat ik nodig had! Ik kan er weer 6 weken tegenaan, denk ik... De dag gevuld met in de Lonely Planet te lezen. Vandaag heel Peru en Ecuador afgehandeld! Echt he-le-maal. Iets anders is hier ook niet te doen, behalve af en toe vechten tegen de wind op het voorste dek of naar een lezing gaan in onverstaanbaar Engels/Spaans. Om een beetje afwisseling te hebben, ga ik de kapitein soms ook wel eens ambeteren met vervelende vragen in de stuurhut ...

... sweet-talk-episodiin. nimittain iquiquessa rantalla haahuillessamme seuraamme lyottaytyi symppis nuorimies. tovin hopotettyamme kutsui illalla katsomaan bandinsa keikkaa. no tottakai me halutaan kuulla kakskymppisten chilelaispoikien soittavan 90-luvun grungea eli paikalle siis illalla. ja mieluummin sita kuunteli kuin viikkasi kalsareita hotellilla. keikan jalkeen kavime hakemassa muutamat oluet, istuimme rannalla niita juomassa kun tuli pojille akkilahto; takaisin lavalle. jaimme ...