Hotel Malalhue Pucon

... and grabbed a guide book to see what activities we wanted to do. Right away the ''canopy'' or zip line through the mountains and forest caught my attention. After a little convincing the two other Americans I went with were in, and we headed 26 kilometers further south to the zip line. It was AMAZING! We got lots of pictures of us zipping through the threes and over a river, and we could see various volanoes in the distance. We also got to go in ...

... views were increadiable and the lack of water was barely missed. The meat was increadible grilled on top of the rock with only salt, bread and wine made us all very happy. Thanks to that red wine we were all able to make it back to the road. Because all that we had just pushed our bikes up had seemed unrideable... yet with some wine and darkness we were able to make it home in less then half the time it took to get there. The wine kept us loose for the step ...

... out in a very attractive jacket and trousers combination, boots and a rucksack containing an ice pick and crampons. We were driven up 1400 metres to a sort of base camp on the sdie of the volcano. During the winter this is a big ski area and everywhere is covered under many metres of snow. Now the only evidence are the treeless runs everywhere and the ski lifts. It is possible to cheat the ...

... herrlich!) und mir einen Tag in den heissen Quellen "Los Pozones" gegoennt. Direkt neben einem schoenen IVer-Kararakt des Liucura kann man zwischen sieben verschiedenen heissen Becken waehlen. Allesamt sind mit Sandboden und Steinumgrenzung sehr natuerlich angelegt. Da es dabei gegossen hat wie aus Kuebeln gibt es allerdings keine Fotos von mir. Vielleicht naechstes Mal. :)<br><br><br><br><br>

... highlighted by their access to natural hotsprings. They harness the boiling water through some very basic plumbing, and run it into pools, tubs, and baths mixing the ultra hot water with the very cold river water. We had a decent site, and relaxed our sore legs in the hot pools and tubs. Simple, but rather luxurious after a day of hikng. Day 3 was rainy and misty. We hiked back to the ...

... bin, war die Mutter der Besitzerin des Campingplatzes gerade Pastel de Choclo am kochen. Das ist Hackfleisch mit einem Ei, Zwiebeln und Oliven, überbacken mit Mais. Das ganze machte sie in einem mit Holz gefeuertem Ofen. Ich muss wahrscheinlich nicht erwähnen das es im Restaurant nie so gut war! Auf dem Zeltplatz habe ich drei Jungs aus ...

... cheap. There are lots of nice condos as well. The place reminded me a little of Hilton Head, because everything seemed very engineered to look a certain way - upscale, conservative, and mountain-getaway-ish. What a change from Bolivia, it's unbelievable. Also, there's a but German influence on the culture and architecture. Buildings made of dark wood like an Alpine town, lots of German ...

... ride to the bottom! Some parts of the slide were particularly steep, to the extent that care had to be taken not to bounce out of the trench. After over an hour of sliding, we reluctantly reached our starting point and stared up at the volcano in amazement that we had climbed to that height and then slid down the whole way! Tired after our day of climbing we decided to spend an extra night in Pucon to recover and booked the night bus to Santiago for the next day.

... I reached for the emergency release handle and ejected down. After surfacing, I found myself in the middle of an exceptionally long class II rapid. "Hang on to your boat and paddle and ride it out!!" Adam yelled. You have no idea how hard it was to hold on to the kayak and paddle while slamming into waves, sometimes getting sucked under water, then popping back up. It felt like an eternity before I hit ...

... Chile's definitely the most expensive country we've been in since getting to South America, probably because it's the most developed economically. <br><br>I eventually managed to convince my dear wife that a sandwich would be enough for lunch, so after walking around for ages to find something other than a restaurant we eventually found a good place off the main drag and Katie was ...