Blogs from Pucón, Araucanía, Chile, South America - page 5

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

Rano sme sa uz po druhy krat dostavili na siedmu pred agenturu. Sopku nebolo kvoli mrakom vobec vidiet a mi sme uz tusili co sa stane. Tentroraz sme ani nesli autami pod sopku, asi po pol hodine bol vystup zruseny. S touto moznostou sme ratali a tak sme si neskor planovali pozicat bicykle, pozicovna vsak otvarala az po 9 a tak sme sa este vratili do hostela. A uz sme z neho nevysli, pocasie sa zhorsovalo kazdou minutou a nakoniec cely den prsalo. Tak sme sa len tak povalovali, pozerali TV, hrali sach a damu a tak - troska sme sa na sopku hnevali, ale den nicnerobenia tiez nebol najhorsi. In the morning we for the second time arrived at the agency at 7am. We couldnt see the volcano because of the clouds at all so ... read more

Den zacal krasne, teply a slnecny. Po stresujucej chvilke sa nam podarilo najst odbocku, ktoru sme potrebovali a zacali sa splhat do dalsieho strmeho kopca s dalsim krasnym vyhladom na zasnezene konciare. Neskor sme znova kracali cez krasny divoko vyzerajuci les. Pri jednej odbocke sme stretli starsi par a nakoniec sa ukazalo ze to boli cesi. Tu som troska zabudla sledovat mapu a zle sme odbocili a museli sme sa vracat, nastastie nie moc vela. Neskor, po obede, sme sa dostali k jazeru Laguna El Toro - pre nas najkrajsie jazero v parku. Na zaver dna nas cakal este krasny vodopad - Cascada Salto Trufulco, nie prilis mohutny ale dlhy. Na ceste naspat sme tiez konecne mohli vidiet sopku Villaricu ponad Lago Tinquilco a tiez dym z jej krateru. Na vecer sa este Stanik okupal v ... read more