Patagonia Hotel Puerto Varas

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We still had some food left so we decided we would walk to the store and buy some bread and have a beverage, bread with palta (avocado) fruit, pastries and chips for dinner. I think that I have been in Chile for too long because that actually sounded delicious at the time. Because it is Sunday all of the stores are closed; the days have just melted into each other and we forgot what day it was. I spot a street vender and see that they ...

... Then I saw that the office for said eco-adventure company was open. Serendipity! Within 30 minutes I had my next 4 days of horseback riding and relaxing in the mountains planned with scheduled pickups and dropoffs to the airport. I returned to the hostal before finding food, which turned out well because there was a group of 10 American study abroad students cooking up a feast. I was invited to partake...which made it the ...

... she caved and by the end of it she loved it! During the tour we went to some beautiful vista points for Glacier grey and the surrounding areas. As it was just the three of us on the tour we could go at our own pace but the horses were a tad lazy, Ujal´s one obviously loved to eat, but Mauritizio made us some customised canes to sort them out! By the time we got back to the campsite restaurant at 7pm we were ready to drop dead, we ...

... I do I rarely like it too much. This place was known for its steaks prepared on an open grill (parillada) so I decided to give it a try. Pete and I both got steaks and believe it or not I ate every single bite! Paired with our Malbec wine, it was simply divine. We paid about $50 for steaks, side dishes and a good bottle of red wine. I love Chile!! Back to the City The time came for us to head back to the big ...

Gracious me, it is November! Geee whiz and cor blimey... I cant believe it either. Its one of those things you say every year so it shouldn't really come as much of a surprise. Inevitably it does though, winter draws on..? Ha ha not for me, bring on the southern summer!! Just hanging out here in Puerto Montt until Monday when I will be ...

... American, German, Swiss on there and had a great laugh with them all. It was a great way to relax and just dump your rucksack down for a couple of days. From here I'm heading north to Santiago for a couple of days before going further north to San Pedro de Atacama and then into Bolivia. Thank you all for your best wishes along the way so far, its nice to hear from you all. Paula, thanks for printing off all the blogs for the gang in Collon.

... while smoking a little, had not erupted for 24 years ... so we thought it was a fairly safe bet when we saw the volcano activity alert was at its lowest risk rating. The hike up, was pretty gruelling with the volcanic scree / pumice difficult to walk on and with kirsten having a sore knee from a hike the previous day. Near the top we had to put on crampons (metal spikes you attach to your boots) to walk across a small glacier for an hour ...

... see the sun. The next stop was lake Todos los Santos, know as Lake Esmeralda because of its blue-green color. It was here that we took a catamarine ride on the beautiful waters and there was the Osormo volcano a truely msgnificant mountain with a perpetual snow caped peak of perfect proportions similar to mount Fuji in Japan. We took countless photos with our digital cameras and we cruised the lake.We stoped on our way to lunch to ...

... the airport. There we were, 8 passengers that needed to get to the airport in this tiny van with all of our luggage... so Andrew and I climbed in the front seat that was made for a small woman and her child and the remaining 6 passengers climbed in the 2 small rows of seats in the back. We strapped a large container to our hitch that would carry our luggage and with that we were off. About a minute into our ride the lady from France behind us starting ...

... de costumbre no teníamos reservas para hospedarnos, y nos aventuramos a recorrer el centro de Puerto Varas, para encontrar una buena y agradable oferta. Mientras buscábamos cambiar los pesos argentinos por chilenos, recibimos muchas recomendaciones de un hostal al lado de la iglesia llamado "Estrella de Belén" Un sitio muy agradable y familiar donde sus dueños nos recibieron con mucho cariño. Una de las atracciones de Puerto Varas es el lago Llanquihue que bordea la ...