Blogs from Pucón, Araucanía, Chile, South America - page 22

We left Bariloche at 9am just as the sun was rising (no daylight saving here!), and set off across the Andes and across the border to Chile. A test for my new passport - would they let me leave Argentina without an entry stamp? What would I do if they wouldn't? Well after running off with my lovely new passport for 10 minutes the officer returned, stamped it, and handed back. Even easier when entering Chile, barely gave it a second glance. No problems, but now my pretty passport is covered with dirty stamps again. We finally reached Pucon at 7pm at night, after a brief sojourn in the delightful Orsorno bus station for a couple of hours. We had planned to stay in the local Hostel International, but as we started to leave the bus ... read more

Together with our firends, after the ferry, we got a bus further North (5 hours) to Pucon in Chile. It was refreshing being in Chile, we had a new currency to play with (which for some reason I was particularly excited about), and the food is a little different. Travelling in a pack (9 of us from the boat) soon became lucrative as you can haggle prices down when there is a big group. So it worked really well, especially as they were all good company. Pucon is a little town sitting right next to a LIVE volano called Villarrica. Another first for us! a real life volcano! Remember those drawings we all did in geography lessons? well thats what it looks like ...... a perfect cone shape and snow capped. Have to say it was ... read more

DEUTSCH WEITER UNTEN / GERMAN FURTHER DOWN Do you know that feeling when you really don’t know what to do next and even though everybody is telling you about that place that you must NOT miss all you feel like is doing NOTHING? But then the weather turns out to be perfect, absolutely spotless and really warm considering it’s already autumn and you think that it is an absolute waste to actually DO nothing. With exactly that feeling I managed (don’t know how really) to get out of bed at 6.00 am on a bl...cold morning (fegawdsake, that when you’re travelling????), wait for that Bus for 20 minutes almost freezing to death thinking that I probably missed it and then endure 40 minutes of the most miserable dirt track I’ve ever come across. At the Park ... read more

Après moult discussions tout au long de la semaine pour s’assurer que nous aurions un beau temps, nous nous décidons finalement pour nous embarquer dans cette folie que serait un week-end a Pucon. Nous sommes trois dans l'affaire car Coralie, une amie d'Audencia de Tanguy nous accompagne, pour tout dire c'est même elle qui nous a suggère l'idée de ce petit voyage. Départ vendredi soir, a 22h30 de Santiago, pour 10 heures de trajet. Nous voyageons dans un bus clássico, c’est a dire la classe la plus basse, mais les autobus chiliens sont vraiment très confortables et nous arrivons tout de même a dormir... Arrivée à Pucón à 9h, petit tour dans la ville, nous trouvons un hospedaje très tranquille et faisons quelques courses et c’est parti pour la visite du coin. Nous commençons par les ... read more

I climbed a volcano! First I must say it´s amazing how much you can get out of a 3 day weekend! On Thursday night, Laura, Paco and I got on a bus to Pucon, 10 hours or so south of Santiago, our only plans being to climb this volcano, Volcan Villarica. Kelsey, Jack, Thomas and Manu were leaving at the same time too, and while we were confident that our bus would win the race down, they beat us by a good half an hour. Anyway, while waiting at the bus stop, this random guy Scott came up to us and started telling us about all these deals he knew about and all these great places to go to in Chile.. right before we got on the bus he handed us a flyer for a hostel ... read more