Melia Patagonia Puerto Varas

... like the suspenseful music in a movie leading to a climactic episode. The vibrant water, pouring swiftly into the basin below, was creating a masterpiece of sound and color. The frothy white waves emptying into a turquoise blue, the kind of colors only seen if fine hand guided jewelry. We stood in awe drinking in, with inaudible amazement, the wonder and beauty of nature in its rawest form. <br><br>We continue to walk following one trail after another ...

... 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 ...

... Building, which was built to look like a giant cell phone and is now outdated for today's cell phones, has blocked the otherwise unobstructed view of the Andes. We finished another wonderful day with a wonderful meal (Mom and Dad, this was the place ...

Today we all (crew and passengers) learn how to tender. Gray skies with fog or possibly Scotch Mist in the air but a promise of warm and sunny skies before the rain clouds move in from off-shore late in the afternoon (so says Joe, who shall remain nameless, from Colorado). We had a private tour with GV Tours so we came dead last after Carnival shore excursions and those planned by Legendary Journeys (they had 1200 in their group so they had considerable ...

... their parents. It was a mixture of Germans and Chileans who were lots of fun. The waiters average age was about 70, so service was slow and we actually didn't get any noisemakers or champagne until about 12:10. January 1st is also our year anniversary, so I couldn't think of a more entertaining way to celebrate. There was a live band so Pete and I did a whole lot of dancing. I made him dance with a lady that ...

... To get something regular you have to explain that you want it regular, otherwise it comes irregular?! Usually it´s when you want something irregular you have to point out the difference?! Anyway that was our stay in Puerto Montt! On Monday morning we headed down to the Navimag check in office and announced ourselves. We boarded the boat at about 2pm. We had a shared cabin with private bathroom (not ensuite though, you had to go out ...

... blue, perfect weather for a trek. We did a 6 hour hike to the local hostel within the park and had a very welcome hot chocolate at the end. The next day we woke up to 6 inches of snow covering all of Ushuaia, it was really beautiful. We jumped into a taxi who's driver was testing the latest in wheel chain technology by going as fast as he could up a mountain in icy conditions at 70mph, luckily no sick bags were required! We walked to ...

... and hire bikes for the afternoon. It was great fun. We had the bikes for about four hours and rode to the next town &amp; back. We even befriended (or should I say 'got befriended by') one of the local town dogs and she ran with us the entire trip!!!! We named her Skippy (after the famous kangaroo), coz it was like she was talking to us and leading us along ... well we had a map to follow, and we all know what great luck with had with them so far! Skippy ...

... was fantastic and it wasn't as if there was any other traffic to worry about! Finally arrived at Puerto Varas, colonised by the Germans in the mid 1880s (no, they were invited in by the Chilean government) and at first glance it did look like a German lakeside village- we were pretty exhausted so just ate at the hotel. The food was very good though ...

HOLA! Pitkasta aikaa eetterissa senorita Makila! Ollaan tultu aikamoista munaravia pitkin Chilea ja nyt sijaitsemme pienessa alppikylaa muistuttavassa jarvenrantakohteessa nimelta Puerto Varas. Mainio paikka! Chilessa onkin tapahtunut yhta ja toista joten tassa kermat paalta. Muistattekos kun joskus vuonna nakki ja peruna meidan matkaretkue ylitti rajaa Perusta Chileen? Jaikin mainitsematta muita matkalaisia kenties kiinnostava seikka, nimittain kun lahdet ...