Villarrica Volcano above Pucon
Originally uploaded by mark&june
Hi everyone. We're having a very relaxing time in Pucon in the Chilean lake district. Its a nice town nestling on the shores of a lake, and dominated by the Villarrica volcano sitting above it.
You can do a hike up the volcano, but in the end we decided against it - there are only so many volcanoes you can climb on a holiday! Plus my ankle still isn't right, so we've decided just to take it easy instead. There are lots of cafes and restaurants in town, so we've been kicking back and relaxing. The town has a bit of a European alpine feel about it - it's certainly very different to both Santiago and San Pedro.
Tomorrow we say au revoir to Chile and take a bus across the Andes to Bariloche in Argentina. Again its supposed to be a nice lakeside town, and maybe we'll be up for a bit more exertion there.
On Saturday we're flying down to El Calafate in Patagonia, to start exploring the glaciers and national parks down there. Hopefully the weather will be ok - we're heading into Autumn here, and the further south we go the colder it will get. So far so good though - the weather has been gorgeous, although its been a bit cloudy for the last couple of days.
Better go now as the letters have all been rubbed off this keyboard, which makes typing a bit of a struggle! Hope all is well with you all.
200 days gone, 47 to go.........
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