El Volcan Villa Rica

Pucon, Chile

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March 4th 2009
After Millawapi, we took a bus 2 hours from Conaripe to Pucon, Chile, another small, pretty town in the middle of the mountains on a lake called El Lago Villa Rica but MUCH more touristy. It is just on the other side of the volcano Villa Rica but much closer to it. A LOT to do here and a ton of tourists... again like in Iguazu there are SO many Israelis and we hear Hebrew just about everywhere w ... read more

South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more