After a 11.13 hour truck trip from Santiago we arrived in Pucon this morning about 9.30am. The road was a divided 4 lane highway all the way, so we covered the 800km fairly quickly. There were lots of truck and cars on the road all night, with several toll booths along the way. We left Santiago in 23 degrees and arrived to about 12 degrees, overcast and drizzling.
It's cleared up now and we are all in town doing last minute shopping, including a secret Santa present for 1 other person each. The tents are all up, they are of good quality. We will all be having an early night, because tomorrow it's off to the National Park for a days tramping.
The countryside is very much like NZ with exotic forestry,dairy farming, green grass and lakes. NZ on steriods - just more of it.
Pucon is like Queenstown if you want an analogy.
The truck has 20 of us on board,mostly people from the UK. The average is 40, so we aren't out of place. The driver is from Dunedin and the truck is called Cindy. Everything much as expected, with teams to do cooking and cleaning up.
Christmas dinner at camp tomorrow night with wine and campfire singing.
The stars are very clear, and we can report that the Southern Cross is also still visible here!
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Happy Christmas from Timaru!!
Sounds great! We're enjoying relaxing here in Lima for Christmas, big BBQ tonight at the hostel. Meeting the tour group tomorrow! xoxo
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