Hotel Puella Puerto Varas

... pictures of everything that we saw. If only the lens could capture these moments the way my eyes saw them, that I might share this memory with others more accurately. Unfortunately there are some things in life that cannot be reproduced; a picture is worth a thousand words but a memory is priceless.

The day had passed so quickly and soon the park would close and we would have to leave our little piece of paradise. I don’t believe in Heaven on ...

... trip lasted about 7 hours and the waterfalls weren't that far away so it was going to be a day full of wonder we thought. Well, a while later we stop at someone's house to take pictures of some tame lamas and a scary looking ostrich. Then we hang out there even longer as the entire bus takes numerous turns on the child sized swingy thing. Then we stop in the middle of nowhere at a place for a 1.5hr lunch. Trudy not really feeling like eating fried food (I was with ...

... and I went for drinks that night we were all in Santiago two years ago! It's near the Patagonian restaurant) Ben, Sally, and Det enjoying a beer before an awesome birthday dinner The next day, we left for Mendoza by bus. More border stories and wine festival treats to come!

PETROHUE FALLS & LAKE ESMERALDA: 1. Vicente Perez Rosales National Park: 2. Cruise Lake Todos los Santos: 3. Petrohue Falls: 4. Puerto Varas Handicraft Market: 5. Plaza de Armas: 6. Puerto Varas: 7. Frutillar: 8. Angelmo Fish & Handicraft Market:

... thought really wanted to dance and she nearly said no. haha. Back to Puerto Varas After some lunch planning, we made the decision to head back to Puerto Varas for the rest of the trip. We figured there were a lot of good restaurants and adventure activities that we could take advantage of. We stopped by Valdivia so Pete could visit Ceveceria Kuntsmann and ended up back in Puerto Varas that evening. The next ...

... We shuttled across in groups of about 20 on local fishing boats then traipsed around the island in an orange line. There were lots of dogs and cats on the islands and some lovely coloured houses. It was a nice little jaunt. We then got back on the boat and played some more cards with Marco and Katherin before seeing the Peo XI glacier at about 6pm. The boat got so close to it I felt like we could reach out and touch it. It was a beautiful ...

... 4 nights camping, pretty hard core! Thats all very well in the middle of summer but when you arrive mid winter its a different ball game. We decided to rent a 4x4 jeep from Bill and go to the park early morning the next day. A Canadian girl came along with us the next morning for the ride. It was a 5am start if we wanted to get to the park before 8.30, that was when the park officials started, and we would avoid paying in if we got ...

We flew from Punta Arenas to Peuro Montt where we had great fun in broken spanish with the rent a car man. Dan had organised the car hire but between our spanish and his english none of us knew what was going on when we collected it. We headed from the airport to Puerto Varas about half way from where we were due to pick Sarah and Blaithin up the following day. This is a pretty little place with lots of outdoor activities. We only had ...

... their seats and a few messy accidents! Thankfully, Julia had come fully prepared with sea sickness pills -so no sickness but the drowsy side effects meant she managed to sleep 12 hours non stop (we know what we will be using in future for long bus journys!) The third and final day was gloriously sunny and was spent on deck until sunset. We were also lucky enough to see dolphins, seals and even a whale. Given it ...

... spot by the river for lunch. It was beautiful, right by the fast flowing river, in front of some mountains complete with mini waterfalls flowing down them and not a soul around. After lunch and some more wandering around we hopped on another bus down to the lake in front of the volcano; Lagos Todos Los Santos, a fairly deserted black sanded beach with emerald green water and amazing views of Volcano Osorno. We pottered ...