Hotel & Termas Huife Pucon

... I w*s f*mished *nd found * qu*int little house selling kuchen (evidence of the Germ*n herit*ge). Unfortun*tely they h*d run out of c*ke so I settled for * l*rge dirty ste*k *nd cheese s*ndwich, which hit the spot nicely. The next d*y I *lso visited * little cemetery up in the hills, which h*d it own version of Rio´s Christ the Redeemer, *lbeit on * much sm*ller sc*le. Next stop, the c*pit*l....

Pucón is the adventure captial of Chile. Often being compared to both Bolder Colorado and Interlocken Switzerland. In the south of Chile near the Andes there are a stretch of active Volcanoes. Pucón is a small town that sits under Volcan Villarica. Its up to 12 hours south of Valaparaíso. We were dreading the ride but Ryan figured it would be easier to drive. Ryan got us down there in 7 hours and 6 hours on the way back. He found the Central American Highway both ...

From Bariloche we travelled to Pucon in Chile. First taking a bus to Osorno and then another on to Pucon, it was another full day on a bus, although it wasn`t too bad. Jon had tried to book a hostel and but it was all done in Spanish and the phone kept cutting us off as we didn`t have enough change. We had said we would arrive about 9pm but were unsure whether we had a room or not. After wandering around in the dark for quite sometime we found ...

... we felt like bad little children. Totally worth it though! After four hours hiking up, it only took one hour to make it all the way down. By the end of it we were absolutely disgusting and exhausted, so we headed back to our hotel to freshen up. Then more strolling around town and people watching. We stopped for dessert after dinner at this corner cafe which has been totally packed with people since we got here... decided to see what all the fuss was about ...

... pretty low on water, so - as back home in Germany - the kayakers are happy about rain... :)<br><br>German version:<br>Nach zwei erlebnisreichen Reisewochen lasse ich es in der Naehe von Pucon etwas gemuetlicher angehen. Antilco heisst mein Basecamp - ein kleiner Traum abseits des Touristentrubels von Pucon: 12 Kilometer Schotterstrasse trennen mich vom Ort, in der ...

... bord, on peut voir sur l'intérieur du cratère des roches de ton rouge et verts. On ne peut malheureusement pas s'approcher suffisamment pour voir le fond sans risquer une chute fatale! Le guide tente de nous emmener autour du cratère mais les fumées irritantes qui en sortent du cratère sont chassées par le vent et nous font suffoquer. Nous revenons sur nos pas pour pour atteindre l'autre côté de la circonférence. On a une vue imprenable sur la vallée où sont encore ...

Een rotdag - Regen en wind heel de dag, via Valdivia naar Pucon. In Pucon aangekomen, een toffe plaats wel heel toeristisch , we zijn beland in een toffe cabaña met veel ruimte. Hopelijk morgen goed weer¡ Ik krijg hier geen foto's opgeladen ...

... around my neck, wrists, and waist. Next, I squeezed into the "deck", which is a big oval waterproof neoprene disk with a chimney-like opening in the center that you squeeze through Santa-style. The deck seals onto the hull so if the kayak rolls, no water can get into the interior of boat. I was basically sealed into the kayak. This presents a slight challenge when you do roll over - being trapped in an ...

... able to sneak a peak at some stage later on.<br><br>We found the hostel easily because it's only a small town, but we had a bit of difficulty explaining our booking because the website (Hostel Bookers) didn't record our request correctly, so we could only book a double room for one person rather than two. <br><br>We had a feeling this might cause problems, and so it proved, with the ...

... IVO, The Rescuer".<br><br>El río tenía dos tramos. En el primero Lautaro fue adelante y Yo detrás, en el segundo me sumé a Lau adelante. Entonces allí comenzó la parte brava. En un salto de 5to grado de dificultad chocamos una piedra y nos elevamos para luego caer directo al agua. Ya en el agua estuve unos 10 seg. abajo sin poder subir. Ya arriba recorrí a toda velocidad unos 200 mts por los rápidos, golpeando por cuanta roca sobresaliera ...