Wednesday 12th January 2011
We took the 11 am bus to Puerto Montt with the intention of connecting to Bariloche where we had booked a hostel for 1 night. Ah! Buses to Bariloche leave at 8.15 and the time was now 13.30. Were we up sh·· creek without a paddle? Not at all, we bought a bus ticket from Puerto Varas to Bariloche the next day and jumped on a collectivo to Puerto Varas, time 30 minutes. Via the tourist information we found a hostel for the night and changed our hostel in Bariloche without charge. Puerto Varas is very nice, on a lake with two huge volcanoes in the distance, very touristy and very expensive! The place has a huge German influence regarding beer type, restaurants, street names and hotels. The lasagne price test was applied and Puerto Varas was not found wanting. Yes, a new record of ars pesos 54 or GBP9. Well done Puerto Varas! We took some dinner at a cafe that was also a chocolateria but only had food, no choccies. It was the best hamburger that I have had in the whole of S America so far and amazingly the beer prices were 40% less than the pizzeria at lunchtime. Funny old game!
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