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Pucon Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Pucon, Chile
Fire and Ice
... is almost always better than a great chance for the mediocre, assuming the probabilities line up right. I´ll have more on Pucon, which is a spectacular place with many adventures to be had, and lots of wisdom to be extracted - this will surely ...
A farmer's life for me?
... I felt ready to start work at the beginning of December, which is exactly the start of the big summer holidays. Almost everyone in Chile and Argentina goes on holiday for 2-3 months and most of them end up in Patagonia in search of cooler weather. So what ...
Language bad and otherwise
... do exist and hang out around Bus Aras. Where they collect handbags, wallets and mobile phones from people :-) From Chillan I travelled to Pucon, another 400km south of Chillan. It`s a quaint little place next to a lake and at the foot of a volcano ...
Volcan Villarica
I am on a tour to scale Volcan Villarica. It is one of a handful of live volcanoes that can be climbed. I am joined by 2 German girls that have no experience trekking. We are outfitted with everything (pants, jacket ...). The ice specialty items ...
Pucon
Ready for a lower key day, I visit Villarica which is on the other side of the lake. Despite having better views than Pucon, it is more industrial. I see almost tourist infrastructure, even along the lake. It is a good place to walk around to get a ...
Finally out of the big city
... about people meeting groups of Isralies while I was in Ecuador and Peru but hadn't really come across the phenomenon until I reached Chile. Travelling with Oron and Noga was a bit of an eye opener for me in relation to . In Pucon ...
Be Grateful
... in general. Our entire program of 50 students, two administrators, and a professor were hauled down by air to the southern part of Chile. As is appropriate for the "end of the earth," this place is stunningly beautiful. I´ll spare you my romance ...
Pucon - "Adventure Capital of Chile"
... our 4 other climbers and 2 guides and headed up towards the slopes. Matt was very proud having secured the cheapest tour available in Pucon although our confidence was dented on the way to the slopes when the back door of the minibus opened and the fire ...
Pucon
Hi all, Well Giovanna and I have now moved on to the adventure capital of Chile, a little place called Pucon in the heart of the Lake District. The scenary is absolutely mind blowing (as are the prices). To get to Pucon we took an overnight bus from ...
How to stay alive in Latin America
... , have got no brakes and am relying either on an uphill stretch or hitting a few rotund pedestrians to slow me down a bit! Chile - Thankfully the drivers here are a little more polite, and actually stop for you when you're on a corner & ...
Heading South
... weather was wet, windy and cold. Picked up the hire car, a nice white Toyota Yaris with 800km on the clock. We had to drive to Pucon, about an hour away. We also gave a lift to a couple (Mike an Aussie and Selina a Canadian) who wanted to share a taxi, ...
Fire and Ice!
... Santiago, a 10 hour overnight ride on excellent leather seats with fluffy pillows and blankets and a super attentive staff. Saying goodbye to Pucon, and to Patagonia even, we waved out the window to Eric (our hostel daddy) who was waiting to wave as the ...
Being Lazy in Pucòn
... my travels back north and have stopped in Pucòn, Chile. A very cute but tiny little town in the Lakes District of Chile. There is a gorgeous, active volcano that lives nearby. Hilary has decided to climb up to the top... but I have ...
Hutto vs The Volcano
... moment of the trip. After her departure back home, I continue Southbound. Next stop, a little vacation town named Pucon, in the Lakes District of Chile. This place reminds my of an alpine village that you may see in Switzerland. In fact, many German ...
Pucon
... hotel last night was full and they moved me to a separate building of lower quality. I tried to buy my ticket to Pucon, Chile last night but the office at the terminal was closed. Going back today, I get the last seat. I have been lucky. ...
villarica volcano
... marre bien et puis voila cest fini, nos chemins e separent: max va en argentine, nickie a santiago et moi en patagonie. retour a pucon, village des mapuches qui ont su resister aux incas et aux espagnols. pas de bus pour moi les oir direction puerto mont, ...
Stars, wine, lakes and sailors!
After leaving behind the dazzling backdrop of Bolivia, we crossed the border into Chile. Often ignored as a country without much to offer, we found the opposite and were amazed by the diversity of attractions this country has to offer. From the remote ...
Vacation with CIEE to Pucon
Last weekend we went to Pucon, Chile. A cute little touristic town with a big volcano and lake nearby. It was about 12 hours south of Valpo and we went via bus through the night. We stayed in cute little cabins. Very homey and they had fire places which ...
Under the shadow of the Volcano.
... in a cheese sauce. We even swang by the town´s casino but as neither of us felt in the mood for gambling we exited quick. All in all, I would recommend Pucon if you´ve got the weather on your side otherwise it could turn into a bit of a damp ...
Climb up the hill, Slide down the Volcano
... on a lake with black, volcanic beaches, where you can get an excellent view of the volcano beyond the lake. Pucon is also the adventure activity capital of Chile, and so I would have thought it impolite not to partake in one or two, and so the day after ...
The perfect vacation town?
... studded with mountain lakes and majestic volcanoes and, when I was there, almost perfect sunny, warm but non-humid weather. Pucon has a black sand volcanic beach on the shore of one of these lakes, that is crowded with Chile's young and ...
Last entry
I have made the difficult decision to stop updating this travel blog at least for the time being. I have decided my time and energy would be best focused on trying to write a book and hopefully finding a publisher. I can't believe how ...
Adios Sur America, Suerte...
I have had a wonderful, tranquil Christmas here in Pucon, lazing on the beach, drinking the local festive beverage (tastes like baileys) and hanging out with the crazy rafting guides. The guilt of sitting on my butt (especially compared to the guides who ...
Horse Riding
... what they have done to him but I managed to understand was that they do not help the poor people. I did not know that Chile was having political relation problems with Isreal but I am just a silly American girl ignorant of all world events... Well at ...
Bienvenidos a Chile, now get moving
... team could lose a few games some time soon. On Thursday evening I took a bus to the hot springs of 'Los Pozones', just outside Pucon. Unfortunately I don't have any photos, so you'll have to google it to get an idea. Though I would have liked to have ...
Temuco to Pucon
... days, but when we were ready to buy tickets to leave, all the buses to Argentina were booked! We ended up spending 5 days in Pucon which was ultimately great, because we were staying in a lovely little house (part of a hostel complex) and there was a ton ...
Pucon
Pucon - cool, sleepy village that sits in the shadow of Volcano Villarica. We came here on the recommendation of an English girl we met on a bus and we were so glad we did. Cheap seafood and loads of activities aside, it´s also a hub of ´alternative ...
Goodbyes
... at the last minute as usual, i packed my backpack for a 3 week excursion beginning with a trip with my groupmates to Pucon and ending with a weeklong solo adventure to Buenos Aires. Pucon was amazing and hard because we were forced into a sudden goodbye ...
¡Don't Blow Your Top!
... to gain some shut-eye until we arrived, albeit slightly weary, eleven hours later in the adventure town of Pucon. Bordering Lago Villarrica and hovering below an ever present smoldering volcano, timber buildings were the ...