Puerto Octay, Chile

... the weather had cleared by the time we left and we had more great views of Lake Llanquihue from the hill overlooking Puerto Octay. The town itself was small but very pretty with some lovely shingle houses which were still owned by the descendants of the ...

Puerto Octay is a horrible little place with absolutely nothing to attract a visitor except a lake, but every other town in the area has a lake too, so I don't understand why it was so freaking crowded, but it was.  In the morning we went to the beach ...

Liquid hot magma Hired a car from Puerto Montt and headed toward Pucon, the adventure capital of Chile. White water rafting, m biking, volcanoes etc. Another nice campsite but mossies ate us like we were plump, limbless babies left out in the night. ...

I am now in Puerto Octay and am staying at this hostel that is called the Zapato Amarillo and its run by a Swiss-Chilean couple.  Their house is super cool and rustic.  Its the off season, so I am the only one staying with them.  They have ...