Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Viaje al sur! September 17

Hey y'all! So last wednesday night I set off for Puerto Varas a small town in southern Chile. This required a 13 hour overnight bus ride which was an experience in and of itself. Although slightly more bumpy than an airplane I did have a little bit more legroom... I still would probably prefer 13 hours in air. Anyways Thursday morning when we got there it was a beautiful day and my friend, Rachel and I just spent the day wandering the town




The next day, 4 more of our friends arrived and that's when the adventure really started! We decided to rent bikes and do a trip to Frutillar which most people told us would take us a bout 2.5 hours to get there.... long story short, the bike ride was a little bit more difficult than anticipated and we rode for about 2.5 hours and didn't get anywhere close to arriving in Frutillar, although a bit of rain also had a little bit to of with this. Even though we didn't make it was still a fun day! after people are always saying how life's about the journey not the destination right? 

Trying to take a selfie while biking unpaved roads is tricky










way-too-excited-cow-selfie

"thank god we're almost done selfie"
The next day unfortunately I woke up with a bit of a cold, but I knew it was going to be the best weather our entire trip so I powered through to make it to Los Saltos and Lago Todos Los Santos. It was so BEAUTIFUL and so worth sniffling through the entire day. The first location we went to there were these amazing waterfalls, and although it was a little chilly it was such an amazing thing to see and such a perfect and clear day to go on! Once again we bit off a little more than we could swallow, choosing a hike called "Paso DesolaciĆ³n" and only made it about 5k in before we had to turn around (mainly because of me and my inability to breathe thtrough a completely stuffed nose) The hike FELT like we were going straight up the side of the volcano although I'm sure we were not. The incline did allow for some pretty fantastic views and it was such  great weather ( sunny and 57... ya I know)







We'll just call this the trip of selfies



Sunday, we took a 30 min bus ride to Puerto Montt where we got an obscene amount of seafood for just about $8.50 and it was delishhhh. We didn't do much else that day but Monday we took a bus to Frutillar (the place we tried to bike to on Friday). The little town is very well known for being almost completely Germanized (if that wasn't a verb it is now) and also for having a large lavender field. Unofortunately, being winter, it was the off season, but it was still such a beautiful place and we went to the lavender tea house and it all felt very classy. 



more animal selfies


The next day we spent a bit more relaxed and simply went to a museum and a cute little cafe before boarding another 13 hour bus ride at 5 PM... over all it was a fantastic trip, although I opted out of my other vacation plans for the rest of the week due to my cold, I enjoyed my little trip down south so much! I find it's very nice to get out of Santiago every now and again, and this trip was no exception... Miss all of you dearly and PS exactly 3 more months until I'm back in the good ole' U. S. of A. not sure how to feel about that but I just thought I'd share that snippit!!