Travelog for: Happy Ping

Summer so far doesn't really look like it, the sky has been mostly grey and there have been some rainy days

Today we made a trip to the mountain range near the argentinian border



As we got closer some nice flowers appeared on the road



And closer we found Araucarias, the national chilean tree!







Ouch! 





Soon we started noticing the height we were at



And we kept going up...
The view was really beautiful from up here!



And the wind was very cold, but fresh mountain air... ahhh





It was a very very nice day!
Now we are preparing for christmas
I'll write again soon
Bye bye

Hohoho!

Yesterday we went with Leslie to finish her last minute christmas shopping and saw this giant beautiful tree at the mall



And later in the night we celebrated Christmas Eve
The tree looked beautiful and dinner was yummy, it was a perfect night! My first christmas in summer



Merry christmas everyone!
Ping

We went to spend New Year's day to a beach near a little town called Puerto Saavedra by the sea



When we got there we climbed a big hill to take a look at the beach from above



Ahhh, how beautiful



Then we went back down to enjoy the sand and the sea





That hill back there is the one we climbed



It was a very  nice day
I enjoyed the sea!

Hi Mum!

Do you remember the city of Puerto Montt that I visited a few months ago? well... now we live here! We moved in summer and eversince we had problems with the internet because we were living in an area with the poorest signal you can imagine, but last week we moved again to a second house in Puerto Montt and now finally everything is normal so I can write again





University started again and Leslie seems busy again, but we have still taken some time to explore around... It's autumn now and the weather is changing quickly so now I'm really happy that i have a scarf with me







I will come back with more photos soon 

Bye bye!

On the weekend we decided to make a trip to the city of Frutillar which is some kilometers to the north, I had already been there but a second time it never bad. First we frove to a small city called Llanquihue.



In Llanquihue there was a pond with lots of lotuses, but because of the time of the year none had flowers.



To get to our destination, Frutillar, we had two choices, the high way of a small road through the hills by the side of Llanquihue Lake , so we chose the last option because hills by the lake sounded like a good combination for nice landscapes



What an interesting mural



And here we reached Llanquihue lake, the sign says that we are at the "swans viewpoint", and no wonder why it has this name...



giant black necked swans!





And here we started out way through the small road to Frutillar!





Autumn arrived at this side of the world and you could see yellow and orange leaves everywhere on the ground 
I really like the colors of autumn!



Most of the land around the lake is used in farms, back there very small you can see Osorno volcano





We stopped for a while in these gardens, what a beautiful view we had from up here!







And after driving a bit more we arrived in Frutillar









This is the main theater that I once told you about



Frutillar is a very musical city, almost everything here is related to music, there was even a fake piano by the lake!



Autumn is all around! What wonderful colors it brings!





Look what I saw outside the goverment building, do you notice anything familiar? it is because this city was founded for the german settlers back around 1850... could I stay and say Im one of the settlers maybe? 





And this was the end of the trip, it was a very nice day! I hope you liked the photos!

Bye bye!

Hello mum!

A few days ago we thought of exploring around the undiscovered south, so we got in the car and started driving
There are really beautiful green prairies around!




After driving for a while we arrived to a small town called Fresia,
there was not much to see there, there weren't even people on the streets, a very small and quiet town it was.
This seemed to be the main church of the town.



As there was not much to see in the town of Fresia, we kept driving on the roads through the country.
This seems to be the land of mushrooms!
I found one so big and round that almost resembles a bun!



In the middle of nowhere we found this monument standing by the road, it marks the place where the last battle between the spanish and the chileans was, on March 6th, 1820.





This is the coat of arms of this place, Fresia.







All the trees look beautiful dressed in yellow



Then we kept driving and on the top of a little hill we saw a church



So we drove to it, it was beautiful!



And next to the church there was a field with deers!
The fawns they were a little shy to come closer so I could only see them from the distance, but the grown up ones were friendly!



The ground was full of chestnuts, the deers loved them!





Next to the church there was a small cemetery.
When the sun started setting we went back to the car and returned to Puerto Montt.



And we went to a supermarket where I found "piñones", the seed of Araucarias (monkey puzzles - the national tree). They're sold as food, the only thing you have to do is boil them and theyre ready to eat



It was a very nice day!
Bye bye!

One afternoon we drove to a small fishing village, it was already getting dark when we got there but I could still take a few photos







It was very cold also, so we hurried back into the car and drove back home.

Bye bye!

Hello hello!

We visited a train museum, it was very nice and there were lots of old trains and machines!



This is what they used to load the coal inside the trains..





Most of the trains of the museum were back there, but I couldnt go any closed because there was a closed gate that we couldnt pass.



This was the presidential car long long ago









Next to the museum there was an art gallery so we went in to see a few paintings...
This was my favourite 




Now I'm packing my bags, tomorrow I leave back home!
Bye bye and see you soon!

Hey mum!

These are the last photos I upload from Chile cause today I'm leaving back home to see you!

I had a great time here, I had a lot of fun and saw interesting and nice places!





Bye bye Chile!