Puerto Varas, Chile

This town is in the Lakes District (as Wiki said in “southern Chile”), but we’ve driven north for so long, that this sure doesn’t count as “southern” to us! It is on the shore of Lake Llanquihue, and our hotel had a gorgeous view…

… but unfortunately the tops of the surrounding volcanoes were always covered in clouds when we were there.

We visited a nearby set of waterfalls - Petrohue Falls…

… that had quite the impressive backdrop (even if cloud covered) -

Again, the blue water was so striking -

Be sure to open this post in a browser to be able to enjoy, what I found to be, the calming churning of the water and mist -

My favorite picture from here -

Back at our hotel… we were sitting on the chairs facing the lake, when I glanced down, and saw the biggest Walking Stick insect I think I have ever seen -

We had a pretty sunset in Chile…

… before crossing back into Argentina. The “Lakes Region” continues on this side of the border also, and we had gorgeous views from our hotel…

… as well as from a hike above the town we were in - Villa La Angostura -

From another mirador (lookout) on the hike -

This was our welcoming committee into town…

… and this was the sunset just before we left -