Huincahue Pucon

... right before the glacier we had to break and the guides said we werent able to continue the ascent due to high winds. A few men tried to go ahead but they failed after only half way up almost being blown over. Ryan and I had fun runing and jumping down the volcano. That night we went out with some friends from the hostel and made plans for a bike trip up through some of the hills. Evan who also used to own a tour company there in Pucon offered to take us to the ...

... arrive into Pucon late Saturday night and settle for the first hostel I see through the pouring rain. Sunday, ya you guessed it the weather sucks here too. More rain. Very nice place though if only the sun would show it's face for a few hours I could climb that big volcano that's out there somewhere behind the clouds and be off on to Santiago. I'll give it til Tuesday then I'm out of here. More ...

... aufgegeben. Mehr dazu werde ich bei Gelegenheit im Autosuche-Text schreiben. Stattdessen habe ich mich von Hardy ueberzeugen lassen, ueber den Suedwinter nach Australien zu fliegen und im September oder Oktober zusammen nach Chile zurueckzukommen. Als in Pucon der grosse Regen angefangen hat, war ich dann erst recht ueberzeugt - anscheinend regnet es dort naemlich nun ein paar Monate durch ...

... last eruption was in 2005 and destroyed the old lift. There is an office in the town centre that has some kind of traffic light system showing the volcano activity. Green - OK, Amber - some activity and Red - evacuate! Jon is now suffering from a cold so haven´t done much the last couple of days except visit the hot springs (which are scalding) to soak our weary legs! Tomorrow we leave for Pichilemu via San Fernando to do some surfing hopefully.

... we both thought an extra day of rest was warranted. We camped for 2 nights before heading to Huerquehue National Park. We spent a cold night at lake Tinquilco, at Camping Olga inside the park. It was a private camp, run by a french canadian and his chilean wife. We were able to park the car there, while we trekked inside the park for a few days. A sunny day greeted us on Day 1, for our ...

Pucon should be on your list of top places to go for an active vacation. Located in pine forested countryside that is studded with mountain lakes and majestic volcanoes and, when I was there, almost perfect sunny, warm but non-humid weather. Pucon has a black sand volcanic beach on the shore of one of these lakes, that is crowded with Chile's young and beautiful. It has dozens of one ...

... our crampons to avoid slipping. As we zigzagged our way to the top, the scenery became more and more dramatic revealing numerous lakes and woody lanscapes. After a 5 hour climb to an altitude of 2847 m, we finally reached the smoking crator and listened as the volcano rumbled under our feet. This was especially worrying after the guide informed us that the last eruption happened this year, but apparantly these noises are quite normal for such an active ...

... Oh **** - what did I do?" "Follow me!" Adam said with the enthusiasm that can only come from a whitewater guide. With that, Adam headed up and over a three foot standing wave, and crashed through the next one. I held my breath, and paddled hard into the same wave - it shot me up and then I went nose first down into the hole behind it. "I did it!" I thought as I started going up the second wave in ...

... br><br><br><br><br>We flirted with the idea of renting a double kayak, a row boat or maybe even a paddleboat, before agreeing that we might come back later after getting some food! <br><br>It looked pretty cool out there.<br><br><br><br>We also considered the idea of renting some mountain bikes, but both of us had rather lost faith in the concept of renting bikes after the double ...

... 5km vuelta por el campo para llegar a los Saltos del Caburga. Oh!! casualidad estaban los alemanes cual Droopy de carne y hueso. Al retorno en el camino comimos Kuchen con frambuesas y duraznos calentitos.<br><br>A la vuelta nos levantó una camioneta qeu nos dejó en Pucón. Fuimos a la playa y a la casa de Sebastian y Sabine, franceses de Nice. A la noche fuimos a una nueva disco (puajjj) y luego a KRATER con los Alemanes. Que tipos macanudos!!!