Usually an indescribably blue lake as smooth as glass, Lago General Carrera transformed into an aqua monster the day we took it on to tour Marble Caves. I must admit, the caves were the principle purpose of the trip; I had seen photos a few months ago and became obsessed with them. This was the one and only part of the trip where I was a little disappointed. Weather was simply not on our side…

Here we were, crashing against waves, up and down, side to side, rain flying into our faces…and then the poor Brazilian guy in our boat goes eerily quiet. Next thing you know he’s puking off the side of the boat, sea-sick, literally sounding as if he might die.

No, weather was not on our side, but they were still quite incredible, a natural wonder.