Author: Michael Pratt


Petrohué and Puerto Montt

On February 15, I spent the day around Petrohué, about an hour from Puerto Varas by city bus. Petrohué is much closer to Osorno Volcano, and is situated on Lago Todos Los Santos. I hiked up the Desolation Trail (likely named due to its lack

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From Bariloche to Puerto Varas

On February 12, I visited Lago Gutiérrez, about 30 minutes from Bariloche. This lake is situated along a national park, which has a small waterfall and short hike to a nice overlook of the lake, with Bariloche in the distance. Kayaking on Lago Gutiérrez Lagos

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Bariloche

On February 10, I arrived in Bariloche, Argentina after taking a scenic bus ride through a pass on the Chile-Argentina border. Bariloche is a very nice small mountain/lake resort town, which looks like it would fit in well near Lake Tahoe, or in the

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Lima and Santiago

Despite feeling bad off and on for a few days, I headed to downtown Lima on February 6. In the San Francisco Monestary, I got to visit the catacombs under the church, where you can see the bones of the thousands that were buried there

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Lake 69

On Tuesday, February 3, I went on a day hike to Lake 69, in the Huascaran National Park, near Huaraz. The lake sits at 4600m (15000ft) above sea level. It was a three hour drive to the trailhead, and a two hour hike up to

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