Valparaiso II

Awesome fruits and veggies on the market of Valparaiso

Dogs for sale

This was just disgusting: smelly fish without cooling...

Modern means of transportation

Chile: the bread is making you fat!

"Ascensores" with eyes

Valparaiso I

Early in the morning, we left Pichilemu to travel to Valparaiso...

... a beautiful city with art everywhere.

The view from the top

Several funiculars – locally called ascensores – provide public transport service between the central area and the neighbourhoods atop the surrounding hills.

Crazy graffiti all over the city

And a funny guy, repairing something

It was a great evening in our hostel. An alternative band played some music and we enjoyed the nice atmosphere.

Pichilemu

Unfortunately we were a little bit too late in Pichilemu. The season was over and the last boats were pulled out off the water by a tractor :-)

Nevertheless Jo was surfing...

... and Eva as well.

Dangerous place to be

Not only the Tsunamis, but also the burgers were big! As well as the Chileans...

Our last Parillja :-(

on the little forest campspot

Pucon

After one over-night stop we finally arrived in Pucon. This touristic town is famous for its nearby Vulcano and national parks.

Unfortunately we were robbed and couldn't go hiking as planned... This small bag is all what was left over from Jo's belongings.

But some nice Chilenean guys helped us and gave us food and clothes! The following night it was raining a lot and our Camping neighbors were worried that our tent is leaking, so they put plastic bags over our tent. So nice!

So we said "Thank you" with a bottle of Tequila and some funny "Spanish" conversations.

We definitely wanted to leave Pucon and continue our bus travel to Pichilemu...

Frutillar

Dogs are everywhere in Chile and follow you wherever you go. This time three dogs followed us from our campground to the bus station.

German roots

And "haute cuisine"! One big shelf full of "Mayonesa"...

Mhhh...

Frutillar - time to discover the German roots in Chile

Jo together with some goose on the campground in Frutillar.

What is an "extremes Bier"?

Eva in front of the Lago Llanquihue. In the background you can see the Vulcano Osorno.

Nice German houses.

Kuchen was everywhere!

We didn´t know that Tom Hanks is a member of the "Bayern Fanclub Küps".

Ruta 40 - A bus on the wrong way on Patagonias dirt roads

Should a normal big bus drive on those roads???? We believe not...

But after more than 24 hours in the bus we arrived finally in Chile.



Around El Chalten

The next day started with an impressive moon corona.

And the sunrise in El Chalten.

And the Mount Fitzroy was really spectecular during the sunrise.

:-) It was worth to get up so early.

The next days we were (of course) trekking around the Mount Fitzroy and had a lot of fun.

But to have fun was necessary, as the weather was again not the best.

But the landscape was pretty even with bad weather.

The "rio el bosque" valley that leads to Villa O´Higgins in Chile.

Effi´s Birthday in El Chalten

After the this glacier highlight we went on to El Chalten and "celebrated" Effi´s birthday. Celebrating is a little bit hard within the lent. So no sweets, no alcohol, no coffee. But it was time for an important present... 

... an appointment at the hairdresser. Time for change!

In the afternoon we were hiking a little bit and had a great view of the Fitzroy massif.

In the evening we had a little party with some doggy guests.

Happy birthday Effi!!!!!!!