This past weekend I went with 3 friends (one here from Angol, one from nearby Puren, and one from the region south of ours) to Pucon, where I had previously gone with my host family. It's on the far east side of this region, relatively close to Argentina, so it took us about 4 hrs on a bus (2 buses, actually) to get there.
Our plan was to celebrate a birthday (Happy Birthday Nadeem!) by climbing the volcano, but the weather had other plans. Since it was too cloudy the guide company nixed our volcano climb. But we found plenty else to do! Turns out there was a chocolate festival in town, but that gets its own post (get excited for that). We stopped by the lake and went to some hot springs and enjoyed our lovely hostel! And then the sun came out finally and we got some stunning views.
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| Lago Villarrica, under the clouds |
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| one of many doggy friends of the weekend! |
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this lady makes beautiful flowers from brightly colored, thinly cut pieces of wood
(and sticks them in real plants) |
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| COZY |
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| the view from our balcony! couldn't be better |
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| if only Zach weren't so tall that he blocked the volcano... |
Right before we were about to catch our bus, my friend Nadeem and I had half an hour to spare so we hiked up to a monastery overlooking the town. Well worth it!
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| you can just barely see the lake on the other side... |
Another great weekend in Pucon! Definitely still one of the most beautiful parts of Chile I've seen : )
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