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Heading northwards in Chile
Currently in Valdivia working out where to go next, Concepcion was wrecked in the recent earthquake so i think i will give that a miss and head up to Valpariaso instead
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Pachamama day 4: Valdivia
... was sweet. Sergio showed me his tattoos – a penguin on one arm and a dolphin on the other! Completely stuffed, we then headed back to the hotel. From here I walked to the supermarket for some juice and water, and then wandered along the river. Loads of locals out, enjoying a Sunday afternoon stroll with their families. Ended up at the submarine which is moored along the side of the river (the first Chile ever bought apparently) and sat in the sun for a ...
Oh we do like to be beside the sea!
After breakfast, we were on the Ruta 5 again, heading for Valdivia. The weather was much better today. We arrived in the city with no map, Paul managed to get us to exactly where we needed to be. We found a lovely B&B by the river at a good price - the Hostel de la Luna.
We set off for the seaside. The drive was lovely, with great views across the river. We hit the coast and drove over the windy, ...
Valdivia
... sous le nom « d'otarie à crinière » en Français, ou encore de « lion de mer sud-américain ». Ca pèse pas moins de 300 kg, c'est carnivore, et ça a des sacrées dents. Je me suis approché d'un d'entre eux jusqu'à être à un mètre, et alors que je le prenais en photo, il a grogné ; même si une grille m'en séparait, même si c'était juste un grognement, ça m'a fait flipper ! Pour l'anecdote, Isaac Newton se promenant un jour à Valdivia a reçut un ...
Ey, Chicos- Vamos!
... Villarrica.
Having thought this was a walk, we were a little surprised to be given helmets and ice axes. Heigh ho..
So, the stats:
Height: 9341 feet (we climbed the last 3500).
Crater diameter: 200m
Lava lake temperature: 1250 C
Permanent glacier area: 37 km2
Recorded eruptions: 59, last big one in 1992
Time it took us up and down: 5 hours (4 up, 1 down)
Amount of toxic gas at ...


