Christmas day dawned bright and clear. After breakfast we were picked up and taken off to Huerqueque National Park for a days tramping. The easy walk described the previous evening at the Park HQ nturned out to be a 1400m climb up a steep but well marked trail to some lakes. Beautiful scenery but a tough day after pre Christmas partying the night before.
The views were spectactular form the route on the way up with a view of the Villrica (not sure of the spelling) volcano puffing away in the distance - 9000' high. About 10 of our group climbed the volcano. It looked a bit too technical for us, with crampons and ice axes in use.
The place we are staying is the local camping ground. There are up to 5 overland expedition groups camped out with us, so the night time is very noisy with young ones partying till 4am, including I might add many of our group. Still, lots of fun being had meeting new and interesting people.
Christmas dinner was a grand affair with 3 courses and 4 different desserts, and a secret Santa handing out a small gift to everyone. Pressure on the BBQ's meant we didn't finish dinner till midnight.
Today - Boxing day has dawned wet and raining, it started about 4am. John was on breakfast team of 4 guys and made pancakes with maple syrup. Due to the rain and partying the ranks were somewhat thin at breakfast, even though we didn't start till 10am. We've come down to town to do the blog, have a nice coffee and find a pair of gloves for Liz. Afterwards I suspect we will have an afternoon snooze in the tent if it keeps raining.
Tomorrow we leave for Barriloche in Argentina where we will also camp for 3 nights.
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