What started as a roughly 2wk trip to Patagonia beginning in Punta Arenas, Chile with no real concrete plans beyond Torres del Paine, has turned into a month-long jaunt from Southern to Northern Patagonia back & forth across the Andes border between Chile & Argentina, & finally ending in the small Chilean town of Puerto Varas in its Lake District. To be frank, had the weather in the South not forced me out, I probably would still be traveling down there. Or quite possibly camped out at El Chalten. But alas, it’s time to move on to other things.  
But first… Puerto Varas. It’s a small little town, more of an up & comer in the Chilean Lake District that supposedly takes a distant 2nd place to the star Pucon (which I skipped). I opted to spend too much money traveling for 12hrs from Bariloche to Puerto Varas by alternating between 7 buses, 3 boats & 1 hike to cross several lakes in between as well as the border. I could’ve taken a significantly cheaper 6hr bus but this way gets me on the water (a lot) as well as provides a front row seat to some massive Andes volcanoes. The more mountains & water, the better. Unfortunately the stunning views of 2 massive volcanoes on the other side of the lake from the town of Puerto Varas never materialized while I was there due to constant clouds & rain. Ahh well… I had the views from the boat.