Blogs from Pucón, Araucanía, Chile, South America - page 17

Having just finished our little trip through Chile's "Lake District" we thought we'd show you a few pictures of our travels. The Lake District is a relatively small section of Chile (between Temuco and Puerto Montt if you have the time, inclination, or Google Earth on which to search them out) that features many lakes, mountains, and volcanoes. It was one area of our trip that we were particularly looking forward to and, despite rubbish weather for a day or two, it didn't disappoint us. To help us on our way through the area we hired a mighty Toyota Yaris (1000cc of raging power). It's not a bad car actually, except some silly bugger in the design department at Toyota had the daft idea of putting the speedo right in the middle of the dashboard, so ... read more

hi well, i have arrived in chile safe and sound, everything has gone to plan so far, i am in pucon currently. my flight to scl by airfrance was just ok, a long one ... when i arrived i took a taxi to La casa roja, where i stayed for 2 nights. santiago is a great city, with nice buildings and streets. yesterday i did the traditional walking tour recommended by lonely planet, then i took the tube to cerro san cristobal, where i took the funicular up to virgin maey, from where u can enjoy stunning views of the city. it was great. at night i took the bus to pucon and now i am here. weather permitting i will climb vulcan villarica tomorrow, and the next day i am inn for some rafting here. ... read more

After Santiago was another long over night bus journey of 10 hours to Pucon which is the start of Chiles own Lake District region which we were looking forward to as it looks amazing. As we got of the bus, we were both very glad that we bought the coats as there was a freezing wind blowing. We soon forgot about the wind as we took in the views of the town, Beautiful snowy volcanic peaks and with one of them with steam rising from the top of it as it’s still active! We walked to our hostel and were in luck we were the only ones staying there for the first few nights and the place was gorgeous. We were staying in our own wooden house which is best described as a Swiss style lodge. ... read more

So, we left Santiago in high spirits; the weather had been kind to us and gifted us with a week of perfect snowboarding conditions, the price had been bargainous and the food marvelous. A real holiday within a holiday. Despite losing most of the feeling in my right foot (it still hasn't returned!) we headed down towards the Lake District in high spirits... Our first stop was the small town of Pucon. Bordered by a lake on one side and an active volcano on the other, the setting is supposed to be one of the most picturesque in Chile. It certainly looked promising as our overnight bus from Santiago brought the sunlit volcano into sight (just as we stirred from our slightly hunched slumber). The cone of the volcano is almost perfectly symmetrical, and the ... read more

Olin eräänä päivänä syömässä Cristinan kanssa, ja hän sanoi, että meidän pitäisi ehdottomasti käydä hänen kotikaupungissaan Temucossa, ja siinä vieressä sijaitsevassa Puconissa. Aika vain tuntui olevan kortilla meillä molemmilla. Saadaksemme homman hoidettua, päätimmekin ryhtyä tuumasta toimeen, ja lähteä heti seuraavana viikonloppuna. Ottaisimme yöbussin perjantaina, ja palaisimme yöbussilla maanantaiaamuksi. Sovimme tapaamisen bussiasemalle, perjantai-iltana. En tuntenut tietä metroasemalta bussiasemalle, ja jouduin kysymään tietä. Kaksi ensimmäistä neuvoivat päinvastaisiin suuntiin. Kolmas henkilö sanoi olevansa menossa sinne suuntaan itsekin, ja että se olisi kokonaan toisessa suunnassa kuiin mitä ne kaksi ensimmäistä väittivät. Päädyimme pian bussiasemalle, ja pian jo Cristina saapuikin. Bussissa oli mukava matkustaa...penkin sai läh... read more