Rain, Rain, go away, please come back another day.
The bus ride south has been muy interesante. The best part so far is that I learned how to ask for more toilet paper - mas confor (it´s the brand name of the toilet paper they use) and that in Chilean spanish, you take the s off pretty much every word - por ejemplo Gracia, not Gracias.
You know something´s up when learning how to say toilet paper in spanish is your favorite part of the trip. On our first stop, to the rapel dam, the water wasn´t flowing so it just looked like a big ditch. Then, on our drive to Puntos De Lobos (surf capital of Chile) it was so foggy you couldn´t see anything. Yesterday, on our 10 hour drive south to Pucon, we got lost on the way to Santa Cruz, and once there, got turned around by an accident in which three people were killed by a chemical truck.
And so today, I continue my streak de buena suerte with rain. Rain anticipated for the rest of the week. After I´ve booked my 110 US dollar hike up the volcano. I was quite looking forward to that - to using crampons and ice axes, and skiing down with austrians and canadians! It´s just rain people! I climb mountains in the rain!
Pucon means entrance to the mountains in Quechua, which less than 5,000 people still speak. Above is a picture (No, I didn´t take it). So far I only take pictures of dogs. More on dogs in a bit...
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