We are now staying in Puerto Varas in Southern Chile. To get here from Patagonia, we had a four and a half hour drive south in a bus to the airport, where we had a two hour wait after check-in, followed by a two hour flight north to Peurto Montt and finally another 30 minute drive. Still we arrived in sunshine and in time for a good Italian dinner. Peurto Varas is in what is called the lake district and today we have hiked the 12 km Paso Desolacion which took us right around the perfectly conical and snow-capped Volcano Orsono, which is shown in the background. We also stopped on the way for said packet of crisps and to remove two pints of larva stones from our boots. The views were absolutely spectacular and the route led us down to Lago Todos which is also called the Emerald Lake because of its colour. At the end of what was a pretty gruelling hike up and down the larva flows, we got to the lake and our guide stripped to his speedos and jumped in. HJ and RM were more restrained but dipped their rather hot feet in the water and had a little paddle. We have just had showers and contemplating room service as (a) we are finding it difficult to move around and (b) we need to preserve our energy for yet another hike tomorrow.
We are now staying in Puerto Varas in Southern Chile. To get here from Patagonia, we had a four and a half hour drive south in a bus to the airport, where we had a two hour wait after check-in, followed by a two hour flight north to Peurto Montt and finally another 30 minute drive. Still we arrived in sunshine and in time for a good Italian dinner. Peurto Varas is in what is called the lake district and today we have hiked the 12 km Paso Desolacion which took us right around the perfectly conical and snow-capped Volcano Orsono, which is shown in the background. We also stopped on the way for said packet of crisps and to remove two pints of larva stones from our boots. The views were absolutely spectacular and the route led us down to Lago Todos which is also called the Emerald Lake because of its colour. At the end of what was a pretty gruelling hike up and down the larva flows, we got to the lake and our guide stripped to his speedos and jumped in. HJ and RM were more restrained but dipped their rather hot feet in the water and had a little paddle. We have just had showers and contemplating room service as (a) we are finding it difficult to move around and (b) we need to preserve our energy for yet another hike tomorrow.
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