Sunday, January 22, 2006

Villarrica to Osorno - new stage of the trip

We stopped back by the Nilos´for Friday night, in the hopes of seeing the oldest daughter Daniela - but she now isn´t getting back until Monday. But we enjoyed hanging out with the family again. Christian (son) took us out sailing on Villarrica Lake.

We got to Osorno last night and stocked up for our first backpacking trip. There is an enormous store here - kind of like a Super Walmart - that we wandered around in for about 2 hours trying to figure out rations and buy a few other things. We woke up this morning late and had to be out of our hospedaje room (kind of like a hostal - room for rent in a family´´s private home) by 10, so got permission to explode and pack up in their living room. Quite a scene. In an hour we´re off to Anticura, a teeny town from which we´ll start the Puyehue Traverse, a 4-5 day trek past volcanoes, lava rock, streams, and some little farms.

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