Trip to the South: Day 3

Monday was a more relaxing day. We slept in, chatted, and then set off to tour other nearby lakes and volcanoes. The first lake and volcano we saw was in another cute town. We then spent the whole day driving around the picturesque countryside, acting more Japanese than ever, and enjoying the lakes and volcanoes the names of which I cannot remember now. Many of these names are of indigenous origen---the south of Chile is Mapuche territory, an indigenous group that was not conquered and subdued by the Spanish. At one point, we were at a place where we could see one of the craters of the Volcano Villarica and were only about 70km away from Argentina---we could see the cordillera that separated the two countries. We also stopped by an outstanding country bakery and had the most amazing desserts (thought of you, Meg).




On the way back home, we stopped to take one more look at our favorite lake and volcano Villarica and despite the cold, were greatly rewarded by magnificent sunset views.