Hotel Gran Reserva Puerto Varas

... man in our little quartet, the lone rooster in this small flock of hens (I don&#8217;t know why I use so many barnyard references). He has become like our little brother. We tease him; beat him up, still keeping a protective watch over him. We gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek knowing that in a few weeks we will see him again.<br><br>We buy our ticket for Chiloe and ask the cashier if there was lodging near by. Within 2 blocks there were 2 hotels and a ...

... t go north up the hillsides, because you will for sure encounter problems. There are a few blocks to the west, but really only stay between these two streets. And at night there are 2 bars that are nice. Wait, only one bar. But you will not find any dancing.¨ Interesting. What about catching a bus to a city nearby? Oh yes! You must go to Puerto Varas, about a 20 minute bus ride away. So off I went back to the bus station and ...

... GV Tours were both waiting for us on the dock and in short order we were sorted out, Harry Potter style, into our appropriate vans and busses and on our way. The guide in our van was Cailie (a nice young lady from Seattle, Washington who had come to Chile to learn to be a back country guide and was practicing her "hat and cane" skills on our group. Cailie was the magic ingredient that turned our all too short "tour" into a "memory". The lake district of ...

... in a minute) Whitewater rafting was very fun and scenic, but not exactly the wild rapids that I dealt with on the level 5 rapids in Alaska. However, the pictures should also speak for themselves. When we finished the rafting, our tour guides set up a little picnic inside one of the dressing rooms (We had to hide from the horseflies - that's how bad they were) That's when we started passing the mate. Mate is ...

... dinner then went straight back to bed afer dinner and slid around all night as the boat dipped and swayed. At midnight they announced that Obama had won the election which eased the seasickness feelings nicely. Woke up on Wednesday to calm seas which was much better. After breakfast we had our morning briefing and they told us that the waves during the night were 4 meteres high. They also told us about our stop at Puerto Eden, a small ...

... day there we hired a car to enter the national park and we wandered around all the balconies taking pictures. Our first sight of the glacier was on the way into the park and we were all silent for about 10 minutes, which is kinda hard for 3 Irish people... The next day we joined a mini trekking tour which consisted of a boat trip around the glacier, hopped off onto a island near by for a safety lesson before putting on crampons and ...

... one night though so we decided on a Peurto Varas pub crawl instead! We had afterall just spent the last month kayaking and trekking all over the place so we reckoned we needed a break. We had a great night testing the pisco sours in all the local establishments, sampling a chilean karaoke cocktail bar and some really nice local dingy pubs. The music everywhere was awful. Everywhere was blaring mostly dance music videos from the early 90 ...

... very religious and have built a number of beautiful churches almost all in wood. We were there on Palm Sunday so in the square in Ancud, saw a service outside with people waving branches of something- certainly weren't palms! Stopped at a market and joined the locals in a crowded little shack for a drink and empanadas de mariscos (delicious ...

... saisi maksaa. Eika aikaakaan kun taman iloisen bussimatkan paatteeksi paasimme rajakaupunki Tacnaan ja koska oli aivan liian myoha rajanylitykseen, meidan oli jaatava bussiterminaalin viereiseen (rakkaan aitini termistoa kayttaen:) ei kahden tahden, ei yhden tahden vaan herrantahden hostelliin.Saattaa toimia myos tuntihotellina. Seuraavassa hetkessa voittekin kuvitella miten eraskin neiti makila mellastaa yhteisvessassa aseenaan karhupumppu ja kohteena ...

... bus de la empresa Vía Bariloche haría su recorrido por la región de entre lagos y cruzando por Angostura una pequeña villa muy cerca de San Martín de los Andes y a 79 kilómetros de Bariloche, otro destino preferido para los argentinos. El escenario era tan deslumbrante que no me permitía descansar pues me cada detalle del paisaje me sorprendía aun mas. A 1314 metros a nivel del mar esta la caseta de la aduana Argentina, en medio de mucha vegetación en medio de la montaña ...