After Chaiten, we continued south along the Carretera Austral to the little town of Puyuhuapi. Originally founded by German immigrants in 1930, Puyuhuapi is located on a fjord. This tiny town of 500 people became famous when the founders brought weavers from Chiloe to come and start a rug-making business in Patagonia.
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| At the intersection of the Carretera Austral with the road going over the Andes to Argentina, the town of La Junta still has a massive sign showing off the work of the ex-dictator. |
Puyuhuapi is located about 20km north of Parque Nacional Queulat. Queulat has a famous hanging glacier where after a short hike through cold rain forest you arrive at a look-out point where you can watch pieces of the ice fall and crash against the rocks below.
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| Crossing over the river Queulat. |
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| Walking through El Bosque Encantado (The Enchanted Forest). |
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| Overlooking El Ventisquero Colgante (The Hanging Glacier). |
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