They are settled in her birthplace. In addition to being tourist guides both teach languages at a private academy. Their children are fluent in both Spanish and German and have on more then one occasion, visited relatives in Germany. Thus traditions and cultural identity are maintained. Mountain rimmed lakes in the Puerto Montt region rival in beauty those found in the Canadian Rockies and in Switzerland.
Volcanoes ad a special touch.
In the course of our visit we were favored by witnessing lifting of the cloud shroud from volcano Orsono, permitting great videos and photos of a perfect cone, one which is comparable to Mt Fuji in Japan and Mt Helen before it blew it's top. Sailing the Chilean fjords and the Darwin Channel we experienced low hanging clouds, damp, cool and drizzly conditions typical of that region. The visible, lower part, of the mountains edging the fjords hinted at towering peaks. At the head of the first fjord we entered, the Seno Aysen, we sailed past the isolated settlement of Chocabuco. In addition to spectacular scenery the settlement boasts a very large salmon hatchery.