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Wooden churches listed as the World Heritage

[ Dec.2015 ] The main attraction in Chiloe Island in Chile is the wooden churches which are listed in the UNESCO’s World Heritage. That was what I had heard, so I had imagined something like…

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In Chacao

[ Dec.2015 ] The place we arrived at by ferry in Chiloe Island, Chile, was a small town called Chacao. Our tour leader suggested walking along the esplanade by the sea first, saying “they spent…

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To Chiloe Island

[ Dec.2015 ] We did a one day excursion from Puerto Varas in the Lake District in Chile to Chiloe Island in the south. The other couple in our tour did not go, so it…

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Delicious salmon

[ Dec.2015 ] We went to a restaurant called Casa Valdes in Puerto Varas in the lake district in Chile. This restaurant is supposed to be the best in the town for seafood. The location…

Puerto Varas

Sightseeing boat on the lake

[ Dec.2015 ] On the day when we arrived in the Lake District of Chile, we had an excursion from Puerto Varas where we were staying to the east into Vicente Perez Rosales National Park….

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Puerto Varas

[ Dec.2015 ] The place we stayed in the Lake District in Chile was Puerto Varas which is a town on Llanquihue Lake, the second largest lake in the country. The lake was lovely and…

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A posh restaurant at first sight

[ Dec.2015 ] On the second evening in Santiago in Chile, we went to a restaurant called Liguria which was recommended by our tour leader. According to him, many of the expats living in Santiago…

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Sky Costanera

[ Dec.2015 ] We were able to walk to the Costanera Center in Santiago, Chile from our hotel. It is also called Grand Torre. The building reminded me of The Shard in London. The height…