Petrohue, Chile

Justin and I went out for breakfast today, as this has tended to be my biggest meal each day, I felt no shame in gorging on salmon/cream cheese croissant followed by bacon and eggs, all washed down with real coffee at Cassis restaurant! Felt ready so we set off for our road trip south which begins today with five hours through the los Lagos region to Puerto Varas. Pucon was the usual traffic chaos that I feel might be caused by pedestrians having priority to cross, great for people but just stops flow of cars. I didn’t want to waste the day without an adventure so added a detour to Petrohué. The book claimed this was the prettiest lake to view so we felt it should be the highlight of the day. It was! It was amazing, we looked out at Todos los Santos Lake and the mountains in awe. Really loved the Petrohué River, a short distance downstream which was a bright blue and roared over rocks in a dramatic fashion. I felt this is what Canada might look like. Ended the day in Puerto Varas, after a few loops of the one way system to find our hostal. Beautiful sunset reflecting on Volcano.