Blogs from Pucón, Araucanía, Chile, South America - page 3

After staying 6 days in Pucon, a beautiful city at the foot of the Villarrica Volcano, we went back to Santiago yesterday at night (12 hours in the bus) for our last 3 days. During these 6 days, we did other sports, more or less extrem, like 60km mountain biking, a nice hike to a waterfall (Salto El Claro), canopy (zip-lines of about 100meters), and the most extrem: The ascension of the Villarrica Volcano, an activ Volcano which summit culminates at 2847m! We started at 1400m and ascended 1400 vertical meters in less than four hours! The crater of the volcano was very impressive: a huge 150m deep fuming hole! The way down was very very very fast and also very very very funny: we slid down on our bums! (because it was to steep and ... read more

This small town in Chile is usually heaving with tourists in the summer, but at this time of year it was nice and quiet. We went white-water rafting on the river which was scary but lots of fun! It was also very beautiful as the river follows a deep valley, between lots of extinct volcanoes, and every so often you get a glimpse of the active one! The following day we got a bit closer to Villarrica volcano, and climbed to the top! It was a tough day though as there was a lot of snow right from the start and it is over 2000m, but we were very lucky with the weather and had sun and clear views all day. From every point that you stop to catch your breath you see the whole area ... read more

Friday 22nd April – Thursday 28th April All was well as we left San Martin de los Andes, the rain had stopped, the floods in the streets were subsiding and the sun was rising over Lago Lacar. With the border crossing to Chile a couple of hours away it was a chance to get some extra sleep, so we blew up the air pillows, donned our eye masks and reclined our seats. Happy times, until…… bump! We awoke with a start. One look outside was all we needed to realise that we were in the middle of a blizzard, there was 1 foot of snow on the road and the back end of our bus was now in a ditch. What to do in this situation? Take photos! We waited in the same spot, unmoved for ... read more

Hey guys, Just a super quick entry due to the fact im sat in wet clothes and Nat is whinging that she is tired and needs to go to bed for her siesta. Only kidding. My clothes are dry. Anyway, we are now in Pucon, Chile, and tomorrow we are climbing an active volcano and hopefully sliding back down it on our backsides. We are putting a small amount of faith in a frenchman, who assures us that it isnt likly to erupt anytime soon, although if it does, i will definatley be pretending im James Bond while sliding down the mountain side with Lava chasing us. We are currently staying in a cool little hostel, owned by a senile old lady called Lilian, who seems to wander around the place in her nightgown and woolly ... read more

Hola chicos, first of all thanks voor de comments, wree plezant want we missen jullie hier! We doen ons best om te antwoorden :) Na Valparaiso zijn we al slapend tot in Pucon gereisd. Dit is een toeristisch dorpje aan de voet van de Villarica vulkaan. Even consistent als een ochtenderectie puft deze elke ochtend wat rook omhoog, in dezelfde gelijkenis daarmee laten zien dat alles nog werkt zonder te hoeven uitbarsten. Bagage droppen in de over internet geboekte hostel en richting het strand aan het aangrenzende meer. Dit is echter geen gewoon strand: het bestaat uit vulkaanzand/gruis, een grijs strand dus in plaats van het typische witte droomstrand! Maar dat wit haal je ergens anders in: terwijl je ligt te braden kan je genieten van het zicht op de besneeuwde top van de vulkaan! Pucon ... read more