Cajon del Maipo

Summary in English:
We just went to book an accomodation to the hostel for our last night in Chile when we arrived to Santiago. We left the small backpacks in this hostel and then we headed out of the city to the Cajon del Maipo. We wanted to go the Banos Morales and do some treking from there. But we found out there is just one bus in the mornig which goes over there. So we took a bus just to the village San Alfonso. We would describe Canon del Maipo as a weekend destination to the nature for many of Santiago inhabitants. It was easy to recognize by prices as well. But after walking the whole village we found one normall priced campsite where we stayed that night. We took morning bus to the Banos Morales. But the park guard told us there is prohibited camping in the park. It changed just few weeks ago :( So we had to camp at the village and take return trip to the laguna at the end of the valley. It was easy trek with which we ended our treking in South America. We spent next day in the local spa - Banos Morales. It consisted from 3 pools. The first one - the main one was filled with orange colour water. The second one was green and the 3rd one was the orange one for kids. The water and mud (which you can by at the gate) is supposed to be very good for the skin. The water was just slightly warm (not hot as we expected :( so we made ourselves just once into it :) We took bus back to Santiago in the evening. We went to our hostel and spent almost the whole night by packing and on the internet.

Do Santiaga sme prisli nacas aj ked sme cestou museli absolvovat jednu standardnu colnu kontrolu, ale vobec nevieme co hladali ani preco a navyse podla toho ako to odflakli to asi ani nehladali - ale aj to je sposob ako dat ludom pracu. Cesta ubehla rychlo, lebo bezal jeden film za druhym. V Santiagu sme si len zasli rezervovat vopred vybraty hotel a zaroven sme si tam nechali male ruksaky s nepotrebnymi vecami a hned sme sa zaviezli do dedinky San Alfonso, ktora sa nachadza v Cajon del Maipo a je na ceste k Monumentu El Morado, kam sme chceli ist. Ked sme podla cien zistili, ze v kempe su asi pozlatene kempovacie miesta, tak sme este chvilu behali po dedine a nasli sme si nieco na normalnej hline. Po dlhej dobe sme si opat uvarili tradicnu sackovu polievku a sli spat. Rano sme vyrazili dufajuc, ze autobus do vychodzieho bodu nebude natrieskany a nastastie nebol. Na informaciach spravy parku nas cakalo prekvapenie v podobe oznamenia, ze v parku sa uz nemoze stanovat, takze sme museli stanovat v dedinke. Ale to bolo v pohode. Pocasie bolo dobre, tak sme este v ten den spravili maly okruh k lagune a cestou sme videli hory s ladovcom, ktory bol trochu spinavy. Cesta bola v pohode, stupanie len na zaciatku a sem tam zo zeme vyvierali potoky zrejme s velkym obsahom zeleza, alebo niecoho, co cele okolie sfarbovalo do bordova co plynule prechadzalo do sytej oranzovej. Bola to nasa posledna tura, takze sme boli v pohode, nikam sme sa neponahlali, miesta na kartach do fotakov bolo dost, aj baterky boli nabite, proste pohoda. Dalsi den sme stravili v termalnych kupeloch, ktore neboli az tak teple, ale chvilu sa tam kupat dalo. Voda mala farbu ako ked sa vyperu teplaky zaspinene v ilovitej zemi a neskor sme zistili preco - tety sa natieraju nejakym bahnom, co je dobre na plet a potom ked im to uschne, tak si to idu umyt do bazena. Aj nam bolo pri vstupe povedane, ze voda v bazene je dobra na plet. Myslim, ze je tomu tak odvtedy, co sa tam tie tety natieraju a umyvaju. Vecer sme nastupili do busu smer Santiago, v hosteli sme sa ubytovali a zbalili a stravili sme dost hodin na internete pisanim travelblogu.

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