Munich - Maximo Park

Arrived in Puerto Varas a few days ago, which is just over the Andes from Bariloche, and is in Chile´s version of the Lake District. Not quite as beautiful as Bariloche, but still very nice. Did the now obligatory bike ride and also took a kayak out on one of the lakes for a day trip which was all very good. But the highlight was definitely the canyoning. It basically involves getting dressed head-to-toe in a rubber suit (yeah, OK, that was the only reason I wanted to do it), then climbing up through a forest to a mountain river, then getting back to the bottom through a combination of jumping into pools, sliding down waterfalls and abseiling. It was cold, but great fun.

I also parted company with Caroline here, so after 5 weeks of having a highly efficient organiser to tell me where to be at what time, I´ve now got a few days of trying to keep myself alive before joining a 6-week tour in Santiago that takes in Chile, Bolivia and Peru.

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phileasdogg on February 3, 2009 from Puerto Varas, Chile

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