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So it´s a bit chilly in Chile. hah.

I´m now in Puerto Varas. After several days in La Paz, I decided that I´d had enough of cities, so directly after my flight from La Paz to Santiago (via Iquique), I bought a overnight bus ticket to P.V. Several comments like ´´it´s a nice place, but cold´´. The best translation I could think of to ´they breed us tough from Canberra´ was along the lines of ´nació en Canberra, hombres de Canberra es fuerte´ or something like that, just didn´t have the same ring. Anyhow.

Night bus here was good. Very comfortable, easily more comfortable than nightbuses in Peru or Chile, but I did pay a bit extra to get cama (bed) class. Anyhow, there´s not much to Puerto Varas, as I thought and hoped for. Basically the rest of this trip is a bludge, I don´t intend to see many major things or anything - I´ve been on the go for a bit anyway. P.V is nice though, it´s quite scenic - on the edge of a lake with several volcanos in the background. Was very pleasant (except the wind being a bit cool) just sitting at the end of the one pier working on my woefully out of date journal.

I´ve gotten a bit of a cold anyway (since arriving in Chile), I think because of the altitude.. higher up, nose was blocked a fair bit. Must of got used to that, now lower, so runnier. Anyhow.

I knew Chile would be more developed than Peru or Bolivia, but I thought the difference would be less. Ie: I can more easily it as a mix of bits of Canberra, Sydney, Perth, Beijing in it, with Latin American people, if that makes sense. Cleaner streets, less people trading in small stores on the street (higher employment rate). Chileans seem taller. Lower altitude or more money so better diet?.

Music in this internet cafe is a bit old school - they´re playing the rick roll´d song. lol.

Time to find a cafe and some lunch.