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076  At Lake Puyehue, 5mi [8km] east

of Entre Lagos, we set up camp at an

idyllic spot at the Camping “El Manzano”

directly on the lakeshore …..

077  ….. surrounded by lovely lupines

(Lupinus) amidst lush greenery

078  Lake Puyehue in the sunset

glow at the camping “El Manzano”

near Entre Lagos

079  “Who are those intruders?” A

buzzard (Buteo buteo) peers curiously

from a tree to our camp near Entre Lagos

080  Delicate purple foxgloves

(Digitalis purpurea) grow side

by side with yellow daisies

081  Magic spring spell in South Chile:

A yellow gleaming flower field as far as

the eye can see

082  View across Lake Rupanco to the

Andes of the Los Lagos region – a typical

scenery in the Lake District of southern Chile

083  Encounter with longtime overlander

at the Montana Camping in Ensenada in

the Southeast of Lake Llanquihue

084  A wonderful contrast: Yellow

flowers, probably a kind of mimosas,

against a dark background

085  Sandy beach and close view of the

8'701 ft. [2'652m] high, ice-capped volcano

Osorno from the “Montana” Camping in

Ensenada along Lake Llanquihue

086  A glacier covered slope of the

8'701 ft. [2'652m] high volcano Osorno

087  Sunset across Lake Llanquihue

in Ensenada. In the background

the 1'640ft. [500m] high

Cordillera del Sarao

The legendary Carretera Austral (Ruta 7) starts at the Hotel Ibis (-41.47657 -72.94970) in Puerto Montt and runs for 772mi [1'242km]

to Puerto Bahamondes (-48.51184 -72.60058) 5mi [8km] south of Villa O'Higgins. It contains 3 ferries (see below), whereas the

third – if there is no drive via Chile Chico but straight to the South – lies between Puerto Yungay and Río Bravo; website:

http://www.barcazafiordomitchell.cl/. Continuing further to the South involves either a detour via Argentina

(from Chile Chico or Paso Rodolfo Roballes), or a fourth ferry from Puerto Yungay to Puerto Natales; website:

http://www.tabsa.cl/portal/index.php/en/. At our first trip in 1986, the Carretera Austral was back then completely gravel and

began in Chaitén and ended in Puerto Bertrand, 81mi [131km] southwest of Chile Chico. Today's overview of the paved roads:

http://sitministerial.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ccc8ce73d80d4b48a4cbce97ff89d74c

088  Our quiet camping “Paredes

Chinquihue” (-41.49535 -72.98707) is

2¾mi [4½km] west from the Hotel Ibis

in Puerto Montt

089  Nostalgic scene along the Carretera

Austral, 2mi [3km] before the first ferry at

Caleta La Arena: Seagulls crowd a little

place of mooring fishing boats

090  The ferry terminal of Caleta La

Arena, embedded between forested hills,

is greeting from far. It's the first of three

ferries on the long way to the South

Three different nostalgic building styles of churches along the Carretera Austral in South Chile:

091  The Chapel Nuestra Señora de

la Asunción in Caleta La Arena …..

092  ….. a quaint little church built

entirely out of plain tile cladding,

north of Villa Vanguardia …..

093  ….. and the church San José

Obrero in Villa Santa Lucía, built in

the same style as pic #092 to the left

094  The ferry "Don Juan" brings us

from Caleta La Arena to Caleta Puelche.

Duration: 30 minutes; Total costs:

10’000 Pesos = about US$18;

website: http://testuario.cl/en/home/

095  A peaceful atmosphere lies

over Hornopirén while the second

of the three ferries to the South

is slowly loaded

096  Our LandCruiser on the ferry

“Agios” from Hornopirén to Caleta

Gonzalo. Duration: 5 hours; Total costs:

71’600 Pesos = about US$129;

website: https://www.taustral.cl/

097  The unpaved Carretera Austral

meanders through a heavily forested

area from Caleta Gonzalo to

Santa Bárbara …..

098  ….. where we found a nice rough

camping place and discovered nearby

impressive white lichens on a

mossy tree trunk

099  The beach of Santa Bárbara

(-42.85434 -72.79862) in the Gulf of

Corcovado, located 7½mi [12km]

northwest of Chaitén, is attracting

also many overlander to camp

100  Lunch break near the ramp of Chaitén

with view to the small village (4'000 people)

that on May 2nd, 2008, was ravaged by a

mudflow (lahar) of the 3'681ft. [1'122m]

high volcano Chaitén

101  The 7'550ft. [2'300m] high volcano

Corcovado lies in the Chaitén region, a

volcanic very active zone of the

 South American Cordillera.

1935 was its last big eruption

102  The crystal clear Lake Yelcho

in Puerto Cárdenas, surrounded by

mountains, volcanos and glaciers,

31mi [50km] south of Chaitén

103  The turquoise blue ribbon of Rio

Cisnes in the Aysén region is carving its way

through the impressive mountain scenery of

the same named valley to Puerto Cisnes

104  A nice encounter with a Swiss

overlanding couple with their visiting mothers

in the 'Camping Yelcho en la Patagonia'

4½mi [7km] south of Puerto Cárdenas

105  A stunning face of a moth on a

mossy ground in the Camping Yelcho

near Puerto Cárdenas

106  A short stop south of Puerto Cárdenas

near the glacier Yelcho on the Carretera

Austral on our way south

107  Mighty rivers – here Río Palena – deep

forested hills and imposing glaciers are

characteristic of Patagonia in South Chile

108  The wild beauty of Chile’s

Patagonia with its exuberant vegetation

became a tourist magnet

109  Along the Puyuhuapi Channel

(viewing direction North). The whole

region is canyoned by countless

fjord-like estuaries

110  Puyuhuapi Channel (Seno

Ventisquero) (viewing direction South):

The flora looks also so far in the South

(44°S) still pretty tropical thanks to

the nearly constant precipitations

111  "El Condor" waterfall lies

just besides the Carretera Austral

3mi [4½km] after the 1'970ft.

[600m] high, unpaved Queulat pass

into the southern Cisnes valley

112  Once more the Puyuhuapi Channel:

In the background left 6'857ft. [2'090m]

high volcano Cay and to the right 9'711ft.

 [2'960m] high volcano Cerro Macá

113  The relaxed rural setting of the

'Río Grande Camping' in El Carmen,

100mi [160km] north of Cohaique,

where we spend one night

114  Laguna Esponja, a reservoir

in Villa Mañihuales, 26mi [42km]

north of the road junction to

Puerto Aysén

115  Liliana at the reedy shore of

beautiful Laguna Las Torres with

stunning views towards the North

116  The majestic snow covered peak of the

~5'700ft. [~1'740m] Cerro Elefantes

reflects wonderfully in Laguna Las Torres

117  Emil at the reedy shore of

beautiful Laguna Las Torres

looking towards the South

118  Liliana is enjoying from our lunch spot

at the shore of the river Aysén before

Puerto Aysén the eastern mountain view

119  The waterfall “La Virgen”,

surrounded by lush vegetation, on the

way from Puerto Aysén to Coyhaique

120  The upper fall of the

Cascada La Virgen

121  Always a refreshing sight:

A duck family on the tramp

122  Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides);

it exists and multiplies itself solely

from rain and air

123  Low-growing scrubland under-

growth and shrubs, pushed by the

humid climate of southern Chile: Near

Laguna Sepúlveda, 6mi [10km north

of Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez

124  A monolith along the Carretera Austral

while bypassing the Cerro Castillo massif

125  View from the lookout

“Cuesta del Diablo” to the

8'776ft. [2’675m] high Cerro Castillo

massif, 7mi [11km] before the westerly

village of Villa Cerro Castillo …..

126  ….. and down to the valley and

straight on where the Carretera Austral

leads to Cochrane. During our first trip

1986, only turning left to the

Chile Chico version was possible

127  The sharp peaks of the imposing

Cerro Castillo Massif, about 20mi [30km]

beeline northwest of Puerto Ingeniero

Ibáñez – from another lookout

128  The Chilean flag is fluttering in the

wind on a hill in the peaceful village of

Villa Cerro Castillo with its 500 people

129  The impressive Cerro Castillo

Massif is visible from far and again

and again an attractive photo motif.

Here across Laguna Sepúlveda

130  We find protection between trees

from the constantly cold and fierce

blowing wind at the Agrocamping in

Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez

131  View to the 5'719ft. [1'743m]

high Cerro Pirámide in the soft evening

light from our Agrocamping in

Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez …..

132  ….. it is our last sight of

South Chile’s nature paradise before

we embark next day to Chile Chico

and drive onwards to Argentina

134  On the left (western) side of the

rocky passage from Puerto Ingeniero

Ibáñez to Chile Chico the lake is called

'Lago General Carrera' (Chile) and on the

 right side 'Lago Buenos Aires' (Argentina)

135  Our LandCruiser on the third ferry

“Tehuelche” from Pto. Ingeniero Ibáñez

to Chile Chico. Duration: 2¼ hours;

Total costs: 24'350 Pesos = about

US$43; website: http://www.barcazas.cl/

barcazas/web/lago-general-carrera/

36 Nostalgic pictures from scanned slides of our South American journey in Chile from 10/20/1986 bis 10/16/1988

800  The Laja waterfall along the

Panamericana between Los Ángeles and

Chillán – a well known tourist destination

with commercial campgrounds (see also

picture #028 in Chile 1)

801  The 10’153ft. [3’125m] high

volcano Llaima in the Conguillio

National Park, opened in 1950

802  The perfectly shaped Osorno

volcano raises 8’701ft. [2’652m]

towards the deep blue sky

803  On the way from Ensenada to the

Ski & Mountain Center of the volcano

Osorno on an altitude of 4'000ft. [1'200m];

below Lake Llanquihue

804  Liliana in front of a huge Chilean

giant rhubarb (Gunnera tinctoria) in the

rainforest of the Carretera Austral

805  A stop along the gravel road

of the Carretera Austral at the Puyuhuapi

Channel to enjoy the view

806  Our LandCruiser in action:

We tow a stranded Landrover

out of a critical passage

807  On our way to Coyhaique on the

Carretera Austral we experience a

wonderful mystic mood. Weather in

Patagonia can change on the same

day from one season to the other

808  A distance sign towards the North

along the Carretera Austral. But there are

also southwards many miles of gravel

road ahead: 870mi [1'400km] until

Punta Arenas, 300 more to Ushuaia!

809  Gauchos herding their cattle on the

route to Puerto Aysen. There is a saying

that they take their first lessons in riding

before they are well able to walk

810  Encounter with a gaucho: The

Gaucho – skilled horseman (cowboy) – is a

national symbol in Argentina and Uruguay,

but belongs also to the Chilean culture

811  Rural life: On their way with

a heavily loaded oxcart

together with their dog

The Torres del Paine National Park impresses with its soaring mountains, bright blue icebergs that broke

off from glaciers and golden grasslands. It's mainly also a wonderful hiking area with many guanacos to spot

812  Reflection of the Torres del Paine

peaks at its best: View from the Pehoé area

to the "Paine Horns", left the highest moun-

tain'Cerro Paine Grade (9'462ft. [2'884m])

813  The llama-related Guanacos (Lama

guanicoe) in front of the three granite towers

("Towers of Paine") of the Torres del Paine

National Park (~8'200ft. [~2'500m] high)

814  The pampa – the flat grassland –

with its warm shade of colors extend

to the snow covered peaks of Torres

del Paine National Park

815  Drifting ice, broken off from glaciers

at the northern end in the >9mi [>15km]

long Lago Grey in Torres del Paine

National Park; 32mi [52km] north

of Serrano entrance station

816  Liliana with the background of the

3 granite towers ("Towers of Paine") in

the Torres del Paine National Park;

Serrano entrance 33mi [53km] north

of Puerto Natales

817  The Milodón cave, 660ft. [200m]

long, is known for its rock formations like

“Devil’s Chair”. It lies 16½mi [26½km]

northwest of Puerto Natales along the

road Y-290

818  The Salar de Maricunga on an

altitude of 12'303ft. [3'750m] is a large

salt flat in the Atacama region of

Northern Chile and lies 62mi [100km]

before San Francisco Pass

819  The volcano Ojos de Salado with its

height of 22'615ft. [6893m] is the highest

volcano in the world, but after the 22'837ft.

[6'961m] Argentinean Aconcagua "only" the

second highest mountain in South America

820  A jewel of the Andes: Laguna

Verde lies in Chile on 14'200ft. [4'328m]

altitude, 11mi [18km] before the 15'505ft.

[4'726m] high San Francisco Pass,

the border to Argentina

Impressive steam blowouts at different times of the day in the geyser field of “El Tatio” in the Antofagasta Province of northern

Chile on 14’173ft. [4’320m] altitude. It is located 50mi [80 km] north of San Pedro de Atacama and 62mi [100km] east of Calama

and is the third-largest geyser field in the world and the largest in South America. On 6/3/1987 we spent the night there completely

alone; there were no parking lot, no concrete walls, no stone-lined and fenced-in footways, no places and hot water pools, no stone

shacks – only pure nature – what a difference!

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824  Liliana marvels at the play of colors

of the bizarre moonscape at “El Valle de la

Luna” (Valley of the Moon) in the Atacama

Desert, 8mi [13km] west of San Pedro de

Atacama …..

825  ….. the distinctive stone and sand

formations have been carved by eternal

wind and water. In the background to the

left the 19'623ft. [5'981m] high volcano

Sairecabur at the Bolivia border …..

826  ….. the Atacama desert is considered

one of the driest places on earth; it's said

that some places haven't received a single

drop of rain in hundreds of years

On the place of the cemetery of the former saltpeter mine "Oficina Salitrera Francisco

Puelma" in La Chimba, 8mi [13km] north of Antofagasta, there is today a residential area

827  The long abandoned cemetery of the

saltpeter mining town “Oficina Puelma” in

northern Chile, which had its heyday

between 1907 and1932 until a synthetic

alternative to saltpeter was discovered …..

828  ….. coffins with remains of those

buried within lie exposed. Due to the

hot and dry climate of the Atacama

Desert mummies are still well preserved

829  Adapted to the colors of nature:

The church San Jerónimo in Poconchile,

23½mi [38km] east of Arica on the way to

Lauca Pass and Bolivia in northern Chile

(Oct. 2017 the church was white)

830  The offshore natural 141ft. [43m]

tall arch “La Portada” at the Pacific Coast

is also home to seagulls and pelicans and

is the landmark of the 13mi [21km] more

southerly situated port town of

Antofagasta in northern Chile

831  Altar along the Panamericana

in the Atacama desert decorated with

car number plates

832  Fishing boats off La Rinconada

beach 20mi [32km] north of Antofagasta,

which attract multitudes of pelicans. In

the background Cerro Moreno

833  A (still) shaved Emil in front of the

spectacular scenery of the 20’161ft.

[6’145m] high San Pedro volcano north of

Calama. It is a composite volcano that forms

a twin volcano with San Pablo (19'987ft.

[6'092m]) 3½mi [6km] further northeast

834  The Cotacotani lagoons within

the volcanically active Lauca National

Park on an altitude of 14'747ft. [4'495m],

separated by rows of rocky blocks

835  Northern Chile’s highlands: Grazing

llamas in front of the snow covered

Payachata twin volcanos. Parinacota

(right=south 6'348m [20'827ft.]) and

Pomerape (left=north 6'282m [20'610ft.])

– viewed from Lauca National Park

Next website from southern South America:

Argentina Part 1 – from the Chile border at Los Antiguos to Luján de Cuyo near Mendoza – February 7th to March 13th, 2019

The African trip 2013-16:

CapeVerde: Santiago/Praia part 1 – November18th to December 13th, 2013

CapeVerde: Fogo – Dezember13th to 23rd, 2013

CapeVerde: Brava – December 23rd to 26th, 2013

Cape Verde: Santiago/Praia part 2 – December 26th, 2013 to February 28th, 2014

Cape Verde: São Nicolau – February 28th to March 13th, 2014

Cape Verde: São Vicente/Mindelo part 1 – March 13th to 20th, 2014

Cape Verde: Santo Antão/Eastern side part 1 – March 20th to April 7th, 2014

Cape Verde: Santo Antão/Western side part 2 – April 7th to 10th, 2014

Cape Verde: São Vicente/Mindelo part 2 – April 10th to 29th, 2014

Namibia Part 1 – from Walvis Bay to Windhoek

Angola Part 1 – September 26th to October 4th, 2014

Angola Part 2 – October 4th to 22nd, 2014

Namibia Part 2 – from Windhoek to the Angolan border, back again and on to South Africa

South Africa Part 1 – from Namibia border to Capetown – January 22nd to February 23rd, 2015

3rd Major Repair of our LandCruiser FJ60 - 1982  (due to two broken sideshafts)

South Africa Part 2 – from Capetown to Tsitsikamma National Park – February 24th to March 13th, 2015

South Africa Part 3 – from Addo National Park to the Lesotho border – March 13th to April 7th, 2015

Lesotho – April 7th to 15th, 2015

South Africa Part 4 – from the Lesotho to the Swaziland border – April 15th to 23rd, 2015

Swaziland – April 23rd to 28th, 2015

South Africa Part 5 – from the Swaziland to the Botswana border  – April 28th to May 15th, 2015

Botswana

Zimbabwe

Mozambique

Malawi

Armed Robbery in Malawi on July 31st/August 1st, 2015

Tanzania

Kenya

Ethiopia Part 1 – from Kenya to Djibouti – October 25th to November 18th, 2015

Djibouti – October 18th to 27th, 2015

Ethiopia Part 2 –  from Djibouti to Sudan – November 27th to December 9th, 2015

Sudan – December 9th, 2015 to January 8th, 2016

The continuation in Asia 2016-18:

Saudi Arabia – January 9th to 12th, 2016

United Arab Emirates – January 12th to April 10th, 2016

Iran – April 11th to May 6th, 2016

Turkmenistan – May 6th to 10th, 2016

Uzbekistan – May 10th to 31st, 2016

Tajikistan Part 1 – from Uzbekistan border to Dushanbe – May 31st to June 18th, 2016

Tajikistan Part 2 – from Dushanbe to the Kyrgyzstan border – June 19th to 27th, 2016

Kyrgyzstan – June 27th to August 9th, 2016

Kazakhstan – August 9th to 21st, 2016

Russia Part 2a – from Tretyakovo at Kazakhstan border via Lake Teletskoye to Gorno Altaysk – August 21st to September 26th, 2016

Russia Part 2b – from Gorno Altaysk to the Mongolia border and back to the Ukraine border at Krupets – Sept. 26th to Nov. 11th, 2016

Ukraine Part 3 – November 11th to December 8th, 2016

3rd Rejuvenation of our LandCruiser FJ60/1982 in Miri/Sarawak/East Malaysia from 2/6 to 5/3/2017

Sarawak-Kalimantan-North Sulawesi Part 1 – Miri - Kuching/Sarawak/Malaysia - Balikpapan/Kalimantan, by ferry to Sulawesi

North-Sulawesi Part 2 – Tomohon and surroundings to Tangkoko NP and onwards to Bitung with ferry to Ternate on North Moluccas

North-Moluccas Part 1 – Ternate and Tidore and onwards by ferry to  Sofifi on Halmahera on North Moluccas

North-Moluccas Part 2 – Halmahera and onwards by ferry to Sorong in West Papua Part 1 (Irian Jaya) on western Bird's Head Peninsula

West Papua (Irian Jaya) Part 1 – Sorong, ‚Trans Papua Road’ and onwards by ferry to Seram in Moluccas (Central)

Moluccas (Central) Part 1 – Seram and onwards by ferry to Ambon in Moluccas

Moluccas (Central) Part 2 – Ambon and onwards by ferry to Serui on Yapen in Papua

Papua Part 1 – Yapen and onwards by ferry to Biak in Papua

Papua Part 2 – Biak and onwards by ferry to Manokwari in West Papua Part 2 (Irian Jaya) on eastern Bird's Head Peninsula

West Papua (Irian Jaya) Part 2 – Manokwari, ‚Trans Papua Road’ and onwards by ferry to Makassar in South Sulawesi

South Sulawesi-Kalimantan-Sarawak Part 2 – Makassar South Sulawesi by ferry to Batulicin/South Kalimantan, Kuching - Miri in Sarawak

Continuation of 3rd Rejuvenation of our LandCruiser FJ60/1982 in Miri/Sarawak/East Malaysia from 7/16 to 9/22/2018