Gran Hotel Pucon
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In the air up there - Volcan Villarrica
Again another uneventful bus ride from Santa Cruz wine country to Pucon: Capital of adventure sports! Well it would have been unremarkable if only the character in the next seat didn't have a handgun down the back of his pants... and wasn't sweating bricks... Needless to say we exhaled with relief when he departed before our stop.
We have certainly pushed some limits in Pucon with the highlight of the trip to date hiking ...
I did Patagonia !
... eyes… they belong to a beautiful white horse ^^.
After about 1.5 hours, we then reach the house of Claudio with who we share a glass of whine. Claudio tells us that the springs are no more than 1 hour away so we cheer up! Besides, he tells us something about a guy who should pass by with his car at some point… Don’t really understand what he says…
We keep going and going. The sky get’s darker as the night goes on. We ...
Just think of the sense of achivement....
... of my shoes have been stolen, apart from my walking boots. I kid you not. I had them all on our first night here and then we moved rooms and now I donīt have any shoes. 3 pairs gone. Now Iīm not being funny but Chilean people are of smaller build than us, thereīs no way anyone needs 3 pairs of size 8s. Iīve been looking at peopleīs feet, nothing over a size 5. My only conclusions is that they have been taken to a museum and are on display next to the Chilean equviliant of the Elephant ...
Drive through the country side to Pucon
... has the address of the laundry programmed into our GPS so we drive right into town and right to the door of the laundry. It is a small shop with a scale on the counter. Fortunately (because there was a sign in Spanish which I take it said to sort your stuff prior to dropping it off) we had sorted our clothes by color into loads as we would like them to be done. You just drop your bag of clothes on the scale and they tell you the price! In our case ...
Ojos De Caburgua
... or in the boiling hot sunshine beating down on us on the beach.
So, we take off down the road to look for these waterfalls, we walk and we walk and we walk. Eventually, I decide not to take the typical manīs scenic route and I go into a local shop to ask for directions. The lady in the shop tells me itīs too far to walk. I ask how far. She says about 20 mins walk. Julie and I decide this is a reasonable amount of time to wait for lunch, so we continue. ...
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