Pucon has been one of my favorite places so far. It is a big city kind of like a ski town. It sits at the bottom of a towering volcano named Villarrica. My second day in town I was walking down the street with Tino and this siren started going off like you would here in an old WWII movie during a bomb raid. Tino looks at me with this scared look and said a dang that’s the volcano and started running. I kind of was thinking while he was trotting along if there was even a point of running. He then stopped and laughed at me and said he was kidding. It was the alarm for 12 o’clock, got me Tino.
The rivers have been awesome! It is awesome paddling in South America because it has so many different rivers to chose from. School has been going very well too. Spanish class is probably my favorite class, Tino being the teacher. Going out and having scavenger hunts and talking with the locals and immersing yourself in the language has been extremely helpful to me.
We are staying at Dave’s base that lies right outside of Pucon. He has built this massive outdoor Quincho. It has a massive fireplace and is truly a work of art. I love hanging out in there and building massive fires and talking with people. That is about it from here. See everyone in about 2 weeks!
