Our stay here in Puerto Varas has been foreshortened considerably, and though our cabanas let us change the dates, it was only by one day more as they are full. We're not surprised. This is a great place and very efficient. After not much sleep two nights ago and an early start yesterday, Kevin slept in till ten. Joan was up earlier and did the blog and then looked at UK news to find her home village of Whalley had flooded. Nephew Wayne and niece Maxine had been...

Despite being travel weary, Joan was up by 4am and Kevin by 6am. There was a near full moon and its light reflected over Lago Llanquihue. We ate breakfast on the balcony before walking from Playa Chico where we are staying into Puerto Varas proper. The beach and roads were quiet. We have been to Lago Llanquihue twice before. Once on our honeymoon and again in 2009. On both occasions it was cloudy and we could not see the two famous volcanoes here, the conical Os...

A real roller coaster of a day. We arrived a little earlier than expected at Santiago but after 1 in the morning. With five hours to wait, Joan had the idea of trying to book into the Holiday Inn on the basis of a missed booking three days ago when we were meant to arrive. Somehow we were given a room which meant we could rest for a few hours and shower before making the next stage of our journey. The hotel is just across the road, literally, and we were in the ...