September 5th 2008  South America » Chile » Araucanía » Villarrica Volcano
Op naar de vulkaan Villarrica! Na een stuk in het nationaal park te hebben gereden staan we midden in de sneeuw… sneeuwballen gooien! We rijden nog een stukje door en dan ineens…. Vliegt ... 20 photos [full story]

September 4th 2008  South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón
Vandaag gaan we weer een ‘stukje’ rijden: van Talca naar Pucon. Het landschap verandert van wijnvelden in bossen, hoge dennebomen. En we rijden van VII Region del Maule, via VIII Region d ... 12 photos [full story]

September 5th 2008  South America » Chile » Araucanía » Villarrica Volcano
After a quick stop off in Puerto Montt where i secured a massive soft sheepskin for a tenner, we proceeded to Pucon where a whole host of adventurous activities possibly awaited. Our main objective w ... [full story]

August 14th 2008  South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón
Ross: After a scenic six-hour bus drive north past numerous snowcapped peaks, large lakes and a couple of volcanoes we arrived at Pucon Urban Bus Terminal (by the way Polly's travel sickness seems ... 13 photos [full story]

July 30th 2008  South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón
O my goodness. So the past three days have been extremely exhausting, but totally fun. We arrived here in Pucón on Sunday morning at about 830, having taken an 11 hour bus ride overnight from Santiago ... [full story]

June 23rd 2008  South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón
Some more photos of things I´ve been getting up to in Pucon for the last couple of days. Horse riding two days ago and a walk through the National Park today. It was beautiful. Was supposed to b ... 31 photos [full story]

February 27th 2008  South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón
Ridiculously we awoke to cloud. Unacceptable. We continued with our plan to hire bikes and visit a local waterfall. Just might not be as enjoyable as planned. The bike shop gave us a route and s ... 6 photos [full story]

June 16th 2008  South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón
My arrival in Pucon was on a cloudy, cheerless day and I would have had little idea that one of Chile's most active volcanoes was lurking just 15km to the south if my guidebook hadn't told me (though ... 42 photos [full story]

February 26th 2008  South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón
An unpleasantly early start was a necessity for the Volcano trek. We arrived on time at our meet point only for the guides to arrive late. Marginally miffed. The rest of the group were extremely pl ... 17 photos [full story]

February 24th 2008  South America » Chile » Araucanía » Pucón
Another day of travelling awaited in order to get us to Pucon and the Chilean Lake District. No such excitement with boats this was plane and taxi - should be smooth and uneventful. Flight was del ... 2 photos [full story]