The small town of Pucon was my next destination in Chile and Pucon I can tell you is pronounced with a hard C and not a soft one as I found out after spending 10 minutes explaining our destination incorrectly at the bus ticket terminal. Pucon is a really beautiful little town with all the buildings carrying wooden sections on the outside to give...

Chiloé We did get to Chiloé in the end, but it was something of a marathon. First a7am bus to Caleta Gonzales, a beautiful town under impressive vertical cliffs, everything covered in fog. As we waited on the cargo ferry we saw dolphins in the distance. They seemed big, with large dorsal fins - could it be ... orcas? I think not. As we got under...

After the exhilaration of Torres del Paine, the last few days have been relatively tranquil. In fact, incredibly tranquil in that most of what I have been doing is eating, napping, chatting and reading. I took a three-day ferry ride from Puerto Natales (the front door of Torres del Paine) up to Puerto Montt,which is sort of considered the northe...

Photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3 7544&l=4a0c1& id=551865803 28 Jan The Cruz del Sur bus was amazing! Lots of leg room, air conditioning, electronic screen showing where the bus was going and at what time (so we didn´t have to keep checking with the attendants we were on the right bus!). The crossing to Chiloe was pretty qu...

am sonntag hiess es dann frueh aufstehen! und nach dalcahue auf den artesania markt! kaum 5 kilometer gefahren und schon in einer polizeikontrolle! 117 anstatt 100km/h! da kommt noch eine rechnung aber weiter gehts! in dalcahue wurd dann kurzfristig entschlossen dass wir erst castro die hauptstadt der region anschauen! wir hatten echt glueck mit...

Go to Peacefrog Summary Page ___________________________ Due to late talks with other travellers, and then with a couple of local chilenos, I did not get much sleep, for a change... But I had to get up, there was lots to do, and it was my third morning without washing, so the shower was compulsory. We packed our bags and left them with the landl...

Eigentlich wollten wir direkt weiter nach Punta Arenas. Leider waren die Busse eine Woche im Voraus ausgebucht und wir hingen in Puerto Montt fest. Spontan wir sind, beschlossen wir, auf die Insel Chiloe ueberzusetzen und ein paar Tage dort zu verbringen. Chiloe, das ist ne ziemlich grosse Insel im Sueden Chiles, drunter kommen eigentlich nur no...

Castro is the capital of Chiloé, Chile. Chiloé is a large island in the south of Chile, located between the lake district and the fjord/glacier district of the west coast country. Chiloé is mainly populated by small fishing comunities concentrated on its east coast.

Eccoci a Chiloe'! Dopo 4 ore di viaggio da Puerto Montt, di cui 3 e mezza di bus e solo mezz'ora di traghetto. Il tempo sembra essere clemente, nonostante le nubi minacciose che stamattina incombevano sipra Puerto Montt. Chiloe' sembra essere uno dei posti piu' piovosi del mondo, o almeno del Chile. E in effetti a prima vista si capisce che e' v...

si viaggia sempre piu' verso sud... arriviamo su quest'isola dopo aver dormito da una vecchina a Puerto Montt. La vecchina merita due righe... siamo arrivati la sera prima alla stazione dei pullman verso le dieci di sera, come sempre veniamo assaliti da offerte di ospitalita' che in realta' vengono anche tenute in considerazione perche' ti perme...