On horse-back
Even though we were a bit stiff from the previous day's climb, we hooked up with AlbiTours (in Pucon) this time and went out to the countryside near Curarrehue (about 1.5 hours away from Pucon, about 2 hours from Villarrica). This, we thought, would be an excellent way to take in some of the scenery of the Chilean lakes district. It was all that and more. The day was perfect, no clouds, no wind. We were a group of 5, 2 guides and 3 of us, that ambled through the farm roads and chilean forests in this area. We were peppered with info about the natural and historical aspects of the area and the country and even had a few opportunities to canter with our horses. Neither of us are horse-riders at all. Being his second time on the horse, Johan was a bit cautious about this whole affair to begin with.
The horse he received could not speak a word of English so it was quickly decided that he would need another, more responsive horse that would not take him out running in the direction of the mountains. The guide swapped horses with him and it soon became apparent that the horse did not understand Spanish either! Johan's second horse was so docile it was practically asleep - just what he wanted! By the end of our 3 hour out-ride he had decided that his horse was, in fact, a donkey!
Janine had a fantastic horse who even took her running and jumping over obstacles in the bush. She was so in her element that she has decided that we are going to brush up our horse-riding abilities at home so that we can do things like this more often and over more extreme terrain. Taking pics of the back of a bobbing horse proved to be less than ideal but we managed one or two and the rest of the images are all in our heads as super special memories.
The horse he received could not speak a word of English so it was quickly decided that he would need another, more responsive horse that would not take him out running in the direction of the mountains. The guide swapped horses with him and it soon became apparent that the horse did not understand Spanish either! Johan's second horse was so docile it was practically asleep - just what he wanted! By the end of our 3 hour out-ride he had decided that his horse was, in fact, a donkey!
Janine had a fantastic horse who even took her running and jumping over obstacles in the bush. She was so in her element that she has decided that we are going to brush up our horse-riding abilities at home so that we can do things like this more often and over more extreme terrain. Taking pics of the back of a bobbing horse proved to be less than ideal but we managed one or two and the rest of the images are all in our heads as super special memories.
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