Scaling the volcano

My First Volcano Climb

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May 7th 2006
Have arrived in Pucon, in the Lake District of Chile. Not quite like the one in Argentina, Bariloche, smaller and a little more backward. Did the must-do-it-thing in Pucon, climb the Volcano Villarica, at 2840m high . Heard from many travellers that it´s really nice but pretty tough. Quite worried tt I can´t make it esp when I didn´t feel too well after arriving in Pucon. Woke up at 6am to pr ... read more

South America » Chile » Araucanía » Villarrica Volcano

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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