Tuesday 4th December Awoke to cloudy skies like yesterday's. Breakfast without eggs was very similar to yesterday's apart from the fried bread drizzled with syrup and dusted with icing sugar - quite a sugar rush! We gave our spare pieces to the German lady next to us and this did generate a brief friendly exchange! Today we are booked for a half day white water rafting on the Petrohue River. This morning, Puerto Varas was shrouded in cloud and if we had not ...

Monday 3rd December Early breakfast ready for an early pick up for our day of sea kayaking on the Reloncavi Fijord. The mood at breakfast was serious and silent - but perhaps that is normal for the German guests? We chewed our way through the usual cakes and ham washed down with weak coffee, (no cuevos today...) and busied ourselves getting ready for our day, whilst smiling encouragingly at our fellow guests (maybe they actually were all here for a family funera...

Sunday 2nd December Woke with the alarm and started to pack for our day-long hike on the Orsano volcano. Our guide was picking us up at 8.10 am. Breakfast started at 8am so it was quick one! We ventured downstairs early at 7.45, hopeful for an early cup of coffee....to find that the rest of the hotel must have been taken by a party of Germans as they all had their towels out at the breakfast table when we arrived! We did manage to get the cook to produce som...

Saturday 1st December After finally getting to bed at 3am thanks to SKY airways we opted for a lie in till 9.15, in order to still get some breakfast before our rescheduled biking tour. We had asked for the 8.30 pick up to be postponed but had no further news. The Guest House is quite a remarkable place - a large mansion built in 1926 as a city home, it is now a national monument, with mist of its original features, including the cast iron bath in our room! ...

Friday 30th November. Our spell of all inclusive luxury at Las Torres is drawing to an end, and today we move on to Puerto Varas. The packing routine is becoming slicker so we stuff our bags and then head for breakfast. When we open the door we catch sight of two Patagonian Grey Foxes tumbling playfully on the lawn outside, they pay little attention to us and scamper off in search of scraps. We sit by the window enjoying our fresh fruit, oats and coffee while a...