Our World Journey

Chile

This blog decribes our 39 days of travel through Chile and Easter Island (26 March 2006 - 4 May 2006). Besides the amazing oppurtunity to explore Easter Island we also walked the Torres del Paine national park, took a trip on a cargo boat, saw amazing local culture,climbed a snow-capped active volcano, took horses into the countryside, floated in salt lakes, saw geysers spouting at 4300m.a.s. and checked out the driest place on earth - the Atacama desert.

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Villarrica hot springs

What a fantastic day! We are in Villarrica, a town some 700km south of Santiago. This is in the Chilean side of the Lake District, an area shared with Argentina. Lakes, mountains, and snow capped volcanoes abound. We stay in a comfortable hostel owned by a Swiss couple - Hostel La Torre Suize. This couple cycled around the world before hanging up their bikes in this town.

We just returned from hot springs deep in the mountains which we had virtually to ourselves. The drive there was beautiful and off the main roads - all misty forest mountains and valleys. The 40 degrees water was just what we needed to relax our tired muscles and warm us up - as it is still freezing cold (single digits!) - Janine thinks it was one of the most awesome moments of our trip thus far.

posted by Johan & Janine at 3:05 AM   

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  • 4 nights on Navimag
  • Navimag boat delayed
  • "Los Simpsons" and wine
  • There were giants...
  • Lazy rainy days
  • Torres del Paine
  • Arrival in a Chilean fishing town