Hotel La posada Plaza Pucon

... Very pretty.<br><br>The second day in Pucon we both went zip lining, it was only for a couple of hours but well worth it, it was great to fly from tree to tree hanging from a cable. We had to be careful as some of the trees along the routes of the cable were pretty close to you and you could easily whack your legs or head against one of them!!!! Great fun, and it was terrific to glide over the raging river below, we both ...

... almost been brought down by a pork rib? But I digress, it was awfully wonderful having Jess by my side. Leaving her again, for a second time, has personally been the hardest 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 and Dutch ex-pats have made ...

... We didn`t see this either as it was still raining! ...And continued to do so for our whole stay. The volcano trek got cancelled and Jo and I were going to do some zip lining- canopying through the trees but this was also cancelled! ...However we had such a lovely time here...one of our favourites! We had the most lovely little hostel...we weren`t allowed to camp due to the bad weather! ...And as ...

... awake enough to get through the door when it opened! We danced and met lots of very friendly people, the club was huge. For a town with a population of only 30,000 we had no clue where all these young people came from. We stumbled home at 5:30 for a few hours sleep before needing to check out then catch another two buses. It was a great time and a cute little town. I loved Mendoza. We needed to get into the the Argentinean timetable, which ...

... Surprisingly hiking up in the snow was much easier, as it was like walking up a long staircase. We arrived at the top and the view was just amazing, I will add photos to facebook sometime soon. I really felt at the top of the world even though we were about 800 meters below La Paz. We could see across the plains and lakes and mountains to Argentina. The volcan was really cool with a sulferic smoke bellowing from the crater ...

... just to see a tree but they're amazing. i'm assuming the name comes from the bark which looks like puzzle pieces, the silouette looks kind of like a lodge pole pine but the leaves\needles are totally different. It looks like an enormous hens and chicks plant. Some of th ones we saw were over 2000 years old and they used to be the primary food of the indigenous people. We left that night, out of the lake district and took the bus to a town called Pichilemu

... The town is surrounded by a sparkling lake and lies in the shadow of the always-steaming Villarica Volcano. Of course, I had to climb it. That was my mission, but unfortunately I had to wait a few days for the weather to clear up. While I waited to climb the volcano I met up with three other solo travelers from the UK and Colorado. We teamed up and ventured out on a popular bike ride to a beautiful lava-formed waterfall followed by a lake just ...

... e algumas paradas, cheguei em Pucón quase 7 da manha e fui procurar meu hostel, o Etnico. Achei facilmente, pois a cidade é um quadrado 5x5, porém nao havia ninguem pra me atender e quase ninguem na rua. Um dos cachorros que fica no meio da rua (isso acontece muito em todo o Chile), ficou me seguindo por 1 hora. Era um pastor alemao imenso, rs. Depois de muito esperar, conversar com o pessoal dos táxis, finalmente aparece uma pessoa pra "abrir" o hostel. Só havia um ...

... a host of lovely people who we met up with later that night for a friendly ice-cream - a lovely Canadian/American couple and three Parisian friends! Then the next night we ventured out late to witness the beauty of the Southern Hemisphere's skies. We took an astronomical tour to the Mammalluca observatory and were captivated by our guide's knowledge about the skies above, spotting many different constellations as well as satellites! From here ...

... but it's easy enough that a seven year old could do it. In fact, a seven year old is doing it tomorrow." Somehow, I focused in on the fact that a seven year old was going to do the climb and it didn't really sink in how high 1120 feet really is. "That sounds pretty cool - let's do it." I said with far too little consideration. You should know that I absolutely hate heights ...