Vientosur Puerto Montt

... pieces of paper, and wad the paper into 5 balls. We would have a snowball fight with the wadded paper and the leader would call freeze, everyone would stop, the leader would touch a student to unfreeze them and that student would pick up a ball and read it. If you can conjure the memory of your last snowball fight as a child, your heart pounding from running and dodging, the smile on your face after you bashed someone in the head with the icy sphere. We could ...

... some pallets loaded with goodies...but NOT a shipment of live cattle! (mmmmm....beef on legs)

The rooms were cozy, we shacked up with 2 Aussies. Double bunks in which you could not sit at more than 25º else youd hit your head on the other bunk or the roof.

The first night you sleep in the port and when you wake up the next day you are sailing...all excitement running up to the deck to see the views until you get ...

fab 5 days trip. weather was lovely and we could leave the boat and do a trip on a motorboat to the glazier and picking up ice for our whiskey. mostly spanish speaking people and understanding was limited but even so the people were very friendly and involving me in their activities. staying in cheapest ...

... hostel and took a siesta. In the evening, I walked back to the bus station, and after much hesitation, bought a ticket to Punto Aranas! I am now closer to the end-point of S.A. and my journey south. My time is getting short! And I will be at least 1500 miles from B.S. after my trip to Punto Arenas. Alot of buttime on the bus! Coming and going unless I opt out for the plane returning . But then, I miss all that lovely Patagonia scenery!

Na een beetje vals te hebben gespeeld door een vlucht te nemen van Puerto Natales naar Puerto Montt (met een ontzettend mooi uitzicht over de gletsjers in het zuiden van Chile + de ergste turbulentie die ik tot noch toe heb meegemaakt), hebben we de afgelopen dagen een een auto gehuurd om het lake district te verkennen... Om een lang verhaal ...

... gehen auch noch ins Int**netcafé. Nach dem Einkauf koennte man meinen wir sind fu** Wochen unt**wegs und es gibt an Bord nichts zu essen ;-), mal sehen wie wir das alles tragen...und essen ;) Zurueck im Hostel b**eiten wir dann die Abreise fu** morgen vor. Wir freuen uns schon sehr auf die Faehrfahrt von Pu**to Montt nach Pu**to Natales. Diumenge XXX - XI - MMVIII Arribem puntuals a les 6.30am a Pu**to Montt. Sortosament trobem un allotjament aviat on podem descansar una mica, ja que ...

... except that by now gone were the bright blue skys of Argentina and replacing them was a grey dull colour and a few black clouds boo! That remote feeling had gone also as now we were passing many small towns and villages at every corner definitely the more populated of the 2 countries so far. Two hours later after passing in addition many bright vibrant fields full of tulips we entered the city of Osorno then joined the highway south heading for Puerto Montt ...

... book for a budget accommodation we decided on Casa Perla. We strapped on our backpacks and headed for a steep uphill climb. Yes, we could have taken a taxi for just a few bucks, but we'd been sitting all day and wanted some exercise. Puerto Montt is a port town filled with very old wooden houses. It rains so much that the paint is peeling off almost every single house. We also noticed that Chilean's don't put a lot of ...

... place in this part of Chile and there are many forest fires in the area. You will see one photo in the photo gallery of the smoke in the fields. We took a tour to the towns of Puerto Varas and also the German town of Frutillar which are both located on Lake Llanquihue, Chile's largest lake and one of the largest in South America. Puerto Varas was a very cute and quite busy little town - we did a little shopping at an artisan market - Alli - we ...

Viernes 18/01/1998 Pucon- Puerto Montt



Nos levantamos 8.30hs y mientras armabamos el bolso fuimos invitados por UBE, la señora de la casa a desayunar...."LE MORFAMOS TODO" y ya pipones nos fuimos a tomar el bus a las 10.30hs.

En el camino nos cruzamos con FER, JUAN y ANDRES que iban a alquilar unas bicis para ir al Volcan Villarica....No muy buena onda...



Ya en el bus hacia Puerto Montt (5hs de viaje) vimos "fuego contra fuego", es un decir ...