Rhod and Anna's World Adventure

To make the most of our time in Chile we decided to go on a 7 day tour of the Chilean Lake district. Highlights of this tour were to include the surfing beach and surf school at Playa de Lobos and climbing the active volcano in Pucon and sledging back down in the snow.

Unfortunately due to the Chilean weather in the Lake District during winter we did not really get the benefit of any of the activities. When we got to the beach the sun was shining but it was freezing cold and the surf school was closed. 2 days later when we got to Pucon it was so cloudy, windy and rainy that we could not climb the volcano.

So all in all the trip was a little bit chilly and a bit of a washout. When the sun shone the view of the Andes was amazing and another highlight was seeing sealions at the fish market in Valdivia. They wait at the edge of the market for the scraps to be thrown in. The picture was taken without using the zoom. However, I did find out that if you get too close to a sealion whilst trying to take its photo it will burp rancid fish breath at you in order to warn you off. Lesson learnt there.

The low point of the trip was the last night where the hostel room was so cold and damp that we had to sleep wearing full thermals and hats. It was stated that the hostel had a lovely view of a waterfall but we didn't get to appreciate it. We arrived in the dark and left the next morning in the fog. If we will come to these places in winter we should not expect too much. We go to Brazil soon. Apparently the sun is shining!