Blogs from Araucanía, Chile, South America - page 32

On our first trip to Thermas de Ancamil, Mandy had this overwhelming feeling that Flor was in need of some serious emotional support. After our first night there, while I was putting away the tent, Mandy decided to just wander and see if she could find anything that we could do for her. After an hour or so Mandy came back as excited as can be, "She needs a new back door, all she has is nailed up boards that doesn't open, and it lets in tons of cold air." I began to get excited at this news as well. Finally it was something right up my alley, and working for a few days at this incredible place would be a best case scenario. I told Mandy I´d go take a look. My head began ... 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

Monday, 6th of March. It is the first day of school for Chilian children...Uniforms have moved from the shops to the pupils shoulders...It feels like early September...but it is early March, yesterday I was wearing shorts and I forgot to put sunblock on my legs...conclusion sunburns!!!!Yes guys, it is still summer here...but as I was a bit frustrated not having seen snow for a long time (unlike you !)I went two days ago, when I was in Pucón, climbing a volcano (volcan Villarrica 2848m) covered by snow and ice... nice hike-from 1800m and a slide downhill which makes the way down significantly faster than the way up- and of course, nice landscape from the top of the highest summit of the area. It is almost a week I have been in Chile. The lake Region is ... read more

Noch 2 gmüetlige Täg in Chilóe (die wichtigschte 2 Erkenntnis: wirkt sehr europäisch & chilenischi Fraue sind viel feschter als argentinischi) und 2 Tág in Valdivia, wo ich näbe alte Forts mit viel Kanone und Fischmärkt au e bitz Fasnacht miterläbt han (la Noche Valdiviana, mit Schiffscortege uf em Fluss und Räpplischlachte - Fotos drzue hets uf Ringo), bin ich am Mäntig am 27. Februar nach Pucón cho. Pucón het 21000 Iwohner und liegt am Fuess vom 2860m hoche Vulkan Villarica und isch fescht durch dr Tourismus beherrscht. Dr Ort erinneret ane Skiort, überall Holzhüser und alles seht sehr suber us. Überall reihe sich d Touroperators, Sport und Designeshops anenander. Und 8000 Pesos (20 Fangge) für e Hostel ohni Desayuno (zmoorge) isch bis jetzt au s Maximum wohn i zahlt han - aber e aktive Vulkan ... read more

After Pitchilemu..I decided to try some hitchhiking!! First impression was great!! I was offered a place to sleep at the end of the day in a place with a swimmingpool (Yeah ofcourse I used it) and had a great meal there!! And the next day went pretty fast as well so I arrived in Pucon. There I met Bob and Alwin again. We all thought first of staying here only a couple days..but we kept postphoning leaving the place because we had too much fun. The second day we climed the volcano Villarica, It was awesome to see the lava from upclose...But the Sliding down in the snow was the highlight of the day!! the ascent was a bith thougher because we did't get that much sleep the night before (no it was not to late, ... read more