Cabañas Bosque Sur
A 7.30am bus this morning to cross the Argentina/Chile border for the third time - we don't think it will be the last, Chile is a long, narrow country and Patagonia straddles the border with Argentina, so in order to see all the best places you end up travelling back and forth. It was a lovely drive over the Andes, with great views of lakes, mountains and small resort towns. The farmland on the Chilean side definitely had an Aussie feel to it, not exactly sure why, perhaps it was look of the farmhouses, fences, and the occasional eucalyptus tree. At Puerto Montt we changed to a small local bus to take us to Puerto Varas, about 20km away on the shore of Lago Lanquihue.
After we arrived and settled in to our cabaña (which are found everywhere in Chile, they are essentially self contained cabins geared towards people holidaying with a car), we had a quick wander around town. It was a little cloudy, so from the jetty across the lake we couldn't see too much of the volcanoes in the distance, Osorno and Calbuco. Calbuco had last erupted less than a year ago, in April 2015.
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| There are two volcanoes under those clouds |
First job of the afternoon was to rent a car for the next few days, the second was to buy K some shoes as the soles on her old pair had inexplicably disintegrated. The first part was easy, plenty of car rental places and reasonable rates. The second part though had some issues - in some shops the staff didn't seem too interested in selling shoes, the second was that most shops don't stock shoes any larger than a US 9. We finally managed to track down a size 10 pair, they seemed a little on the small side but as this was an emergency K bit the bullet and bought them .... fingers crossed!
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