Villarica Park Lake Hotel
Travel Blogs from Pucon
Lake us up before we go go!
... or other places of interest. We tried to organise an ascent of Volcan Lanin, but it had to be done with a guide and was too expensive, and we thought about a camping trip but the site where we wanted to stay was closed.
So in the end we settled for a couple of very pleasant day trips, the first to an idyllic spot called Quila Quina reached by a catamaran across a lovely lake. We planned to reach a secluded lake and return in time to catch the last boat ...
The long and winding road to Pucon
... stuff, and were so grateful to be off the bus! I was also very happy because the hostel had two resident Newfoundland dogs!
That night I went out for a nice dinner with Rob and Judy from my bus, before crashing in bed. The next day started out rather chilled. We woke up late, and the weather was fantastic, with some awesome views of the Pucon-Villaricca volcano. A few of us went out for lunch, which was nice. Pucon is ...
I did Patagonia !
... not enough people to go. ON Saturday, there was again too much wind. On Sunday, I was on the trekking, but several people from the hostel went up. On Monday, the best day to get up, I though I would be leaving Pucon (but rechecked in) and I didn’t thought about it anymore. On Tuesday, I wanted to go, but there were not enough people. Finally, on Wednesday I left. So, I was about 9 days in Pucon, but didn’t manage to climb this *** Volcano. Life is life!
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Am I in the Andes or the Alps?
... riding, paragliding, skydive, etc. You name it, you can probably do it here. It also has a beautiful lake called Villarrica. In the winter, as I said before, the town becomes an amazing ski resort.
I managed to crawl out of bed at 11 am this morning, but it was definately a most needed and deserved lie in. Got up, had a shower and made myself feel human again, ready to face the world. Myselfr and Tania desided to have a walk into town ...
Easy
... girl was paid by the party and is off vacationing somewhere in Europe. And though the cause was taken up by opposition parties, the students don't know who to trust - politicians are always the same and say what people want to hear.
She also mentioned the big 8.8 earthquake that happened several years ago, which had its epicentre in Concepción. (She remembered thinking that her life was about to end, as the shaking was for three whole ...