Volcanes and lagos in Chile

Trip Start Mar 25, 2007
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Trip End Feb 16, 2008


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Saturday, December 22, 2007

So our bus arrived in Pucon, Chile, and we felt like we had been transported to New Zealand somehow by mistake!! There were grass verges on the side of the road, big sections with seperate houses, blue skies and a very hot summer sun!

We were picked up at the bus station by a woman with 3 houses on her property, one for her and 2 for guests, and we had one house, complete with big kitchen and cable tv all to ourselves for the night! Score. And it was cheap by chilean standards as well!

I was feeling a bit rough after the night bus so went to bed for a while while Hamish did some recon...We ended up hiring bikes for the day, and heading from Pucon to Lake Caburga, via the Ojos of Caburga (lakes with waterfalls between them). We braved a swim in the lake but it was bloody cold! It was about 25km each way, the way back we chose to take the gravel road which was hard work going uphill and down dale! Anyway we made it back in one peice, feeling happy we had achieved something for the day! The next day we took our picnic down to the lake in Pucon itself, a lot like Lake Taupo, but the area was completely deserted (3 days before christmas! this area would be packed in New Zealand!) We didnīt brave a swim here though, its all a little chilly with the snow on the hills feeding directly into the lakes! All in all a beautiful area with an active volcano overlooking the town. You can climb the volcano, but at $80 each we decided it was a bit much and we'd climb Ruapehu sometime instead!

Then it was over a beautiful, if dusty road to Argentina!
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