Category Archives: Argentina and Chile, 2014

We were shocked when we went to check out this morning to find that if we paid cash in Chilean Pesos that we were charged an extra 19%.  No where had we seen anything mentioned about that.   If we paid … Continue reading →

It is reported that Patagonia is one of the windiest places on earth.  I think that is probably true.  At least it was windy enough today that one could almost think they were on the southern prairies of Saskatchewan! We … Continue reading →

The forecast we saw yesterday was definitely wrong.  It called for clouds, and high winds of 60 km/h.  Instead it was a beautiful sunny day, with hardly any clouds, and the wind was never too strong. We asked at the … Continue reading →

We had a nice breakfast, early, this morning at the hostel, as we had to catch the bus at 7:30.  When the bus had not showed up by that time, the lady that cooked the breakfast began to get concerned, … Continue reading →

We left Puerto Varas at 9 am, were driven to the Puerto Montt airport, where we boarded our plane, right on time, for Punta Arenas.  Our ticket information said in-flight snacks, so we were very surprised to get a noon … Continue reading →

Today was planned as a rest day, and we needed it since we’ve been going steadily since we left home a week ago yesterday.  This morning, after breakfast in the hotel, we asked for a map at the front desk, … Continue reading →

We had to get up early to get our transfer to the bus for our Andean lake crossing, but then it was hurry up and wait for the rest of a very long day until we arrived in Puerto Vargas, … Continue reading →

At breakfast this morning we asked the waitress how to get to the lake.  I had printed the information from the Internet, and knew from that we needed bus 50, but were not at all sure where to find the … Continue reading →

Breakfast here in the Hosteria Las Marianas was very nice — a variety of dried grains, raisins and either mik or yogurt, various pastries, breads for toast, and spreads.  Although this is a very small hotel (bed and breakfast) the … Continue reading →

Except for the tango show last night, where we were picked up an hour late, and we believe that is the tango show’s fault, our travel so far has gone very smoothly.  This morning we expected to be picked up … Continue reading →