Kristy & Adam - South America Adventures

Hola from Chile!

Hope you are all well. Since our last update we have travelled further south into more of the lakes district. We made our way from Pucon down to Puerto Montt. Puerto Montt wasnt really what we expected, it was a small city with lots of big malls and nothing really going on, it seemed to lack in the character or charm that we were expecting from the lakes district, so we just stayed 2 nights and caught up on washing and relaxing.

We then made our way to the Island of Chiloe, where we spent two nights in a township called Ancud. It was sensational. The hostel we stayed in was the best on our travels so far and was just what we were looking for. It was brand new and situatied right in front of the townships lake, every room had a lake view, and the afternoon sunset was right over the front decking, so we indulged in some Chilean vino and watched the sun go down.

Apart from walking around the small town, we went on a half day hike and penguin colony tour. The hike was through the farming area, over rolling hills and through bush land, then along the coastal area to beach lookouts, it was really beautiful, we stopped for a picnic lunch, then went onto the penguin colony. There werent as many penguins as I thought there would be, but we still got to see some, and also spotted some sea otters.

Today we travelled by bus to a small place called Puerto Varas, its also situatied on a lake and surrounded by snow capped mountains, it is full of german cake shops and has a large german influence.
We will spend a few days here before heading over to see what Argentina has to offer on their side of the lakes district, and we might just have to have one more of those juicy steaks! YUM!!

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