Paso Carirriñe
On Sunday, February 5th I entered Chile around 9:50 a.m. after 22 km
of track from Lago Curruhué. The international border is at 1152
meters of altitude. Formalities as well Argentinian side as Chilean
side lasted the time necessary to fill the forms. I was alone. The
coating of the Chilean track is of better quality.
Valdivia
On the way I admired the snow-covered perfect cone of the Villarica
volcano in activity at 2840 meters of altitude. In Valdivia I found
a bivouac in a street overhanging the Callecalle river in a
residential district.
On Monday morning the February 6th I was going to make my shopping
of booklets at the oficina of turismo to note that there was a good
Wifi connection which enabled me to publish the pages of my website
like making a press review of the French newspapers. Then I walked
neighborhood to the market with cormorants and sea lions. Then I
made my shopping at the Unimarc supermarket after being entered in
Chile with the empty refrigerator, of course. In the afternoon I
returned to my bivouac in the camino de la Luna.
Valdivia, click on the pic for opening the gallery
Villarrica
On Tuesday, February 7th I stopped in Villarrica on the edges of
Lago Villarrica at the bottom of eponymous volcano. In spite of a
number of campers I remained two days of rest. But the second day
was with an overcast sky without view on the volcano in the clouds.
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| At sunrise |
After sunrise |
The GPS road tacklog
from Villarrica to Rio Malleco
from 2017/02/09 au 2017/02/09
Rio Malleco
After having left Villarrica and its volcano I took the highway up
to Temuco, no stop, then Collipulli where I forked towards Angol
then Lota at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. I stopped at the
beginning of afternoon at a few km off the ruta #180 at the edge of
Rio Malleco to bivouac.
The GPS road tacklog
from Rio Malleco to Lota
from 2017/02/10 au 2017/02/12
Lota
On Friday, February 10th I arrived at Lota around midday. The city
did not hold my attention. I immediately sought a place of bivouac
on Playa Blanca where there was nobody. I settled there at ease
enough far from the huts of restoration to avoid the noise of sound
wirings. But gradually as from 14:00 cars with families came to bind
around my truck in an good child atmosphere. I hope that the night
will be peaceful because I hoped to remain there until Monday
morning. The temperature was pleasant, 17°C, but the water of the
Atlantic Ocean was cold, little of bathers.
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| Playa Blanca at noon |
Sunset at Playa Blanca
