Well we are in a museum which is actually an island. The whole place is full of history and our group has some knowledgeable people in it. When we arrived there was a mix up over hotels which we never got to the bottom of but at least we had a nice room but no pool. The island is quite windy and hence dusty which is made more a problem as the buses don't have a/c so you have the windows open and you get a reddy coloured tan. The sun is also an issue as there are ...

We had a couple of days in Puerto Varas before our overnight bus to Santiago. We visited a local market and a church which from afar looked stunning in red and white, up close it was wood and a corregated roof painted red. There was very little English spoken even in the tourist information. This became a bigger problem at the bus station where no English was spoken at all. We did manage to get our vouchers changed for actual tickets and waited for our bus. There...

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We have now done the Lake Crossing from Bariloche in Argentina to Puerto Varas in Chile through the Andean Mountains and Lakes. We flew down to San carlos de Baraloche which is like a Swiss alpine resort with wooden chalets. It is located in the Andes mountain range. In our free day we take a bus up to Cathedral a ski village in season, from here we take the ski lift to the top of the mountain. We sat in beautiful sunshine with a coffee and apple pie (homemade)...