After Santiago, we headed down south another 17 hours or so to the little town of Entre Lagos. The town is aptly named, finding itself between two gorgeous lakes that were formed by the multiple volacanos lining this stretch of the southern Andes. The raison d´être for this town is the nearby Parque Nacional Puyehue, which hugs the Chilean border with Argentina. We took a nice hike through some seriously dense and beautiful forest (very Fern Gulley-esque) with some of the fatest trees I´ve ever seen. The trip offered great views of two of the major volcanoes in the area (Puyehue and CaboBlanco, guess which one is which). We also got a really cool view of the whole valley from atop a mountain that we spent a good hour climbing up and picnicked on top of (where I took the self-portrait). After all that we hit up the best part of all, the hot springs, which are approximately 135 degrees ferenheit yipes! but it felt soooooo good. That night we happened to be hostelling across the street from a ¨alternative rock¨ exposition, which turned out to be five teenage garage bands who were somehow ¨touring¨ the area south of Santiago. It was a very ¨bless their hearts¨ moment as they put on their best Nirvana covers. We stayed for about a beer´s worth and headed back to the hostel. It´s amazing how US music really dominates the world, even more than Coca-cola, McDonalds, or CO2 emissions I think.
The next day we waited out alongside the ¨highway¨ leading to Argentina which is where I snapped the volcano photos. We had to literally chase down the bus which had had no intention of stopping for more passengers, contrary to what the lady at the office when we bought the tickets in a nearby town had told us, and they let us on. It´s amazing what you can accomplish with a little bit of luck and a whole lot of sweat.
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