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Breakfast was served at the hotel and then we took the road further down the coast. Today we saw a bit more of the landscape. Lots of coniferous and mixed forests on small mountains, Black beach on the coast of Tirua, .

Ox carts on the highway, old steam locomotives in Carahue (museum), Lago Villarrica and finally the majestic active volcano Villarrica south of Pucon. At 5:45 p.m., we arrived at the Elementos Eco Lodge Hotel with Sarina and Nayeli, with whom we traveled through the salt flats. Since Sarina was still busy in town, we were first greeted by the pets cat Lulu and dog. .

The staff member Hector gave us the key to a lodge and we enjoyed the beautiful view of the volcano from our balcony with a glass of wine (and Carcassonne). It is a beautiful place, the rooms are new and very tastefully and comfortably furnished. Some of the furniture is made from whole tree trunks. Shortly after that Sarina and Nayeli came home. Since Nayeli has school from 8:00 – 16:00 clock it went for her immediately in the bathroom and in bed. She had already eaten dinner. The rest of us have prepared a snack and chatted nicely.

Silke

500 kilometers across the country on the highway to the south led us today to Concepcion. We passed many large wineries. On the way we made two short breaks to refuel and stretch our legs. Feels like every 100 km came a toll booth where you had to pay per car 2500 – 4200 CLP.

Around 19:00 we arrived in Conception and looked for a place to stay. We found the Hostal Junge via the app maps.me. For one night ok.

Silke

Today we had the capital on our agenda. After an extended breakfast we got some tips from the owner of our accommodation “Amsterelhuis” for the city walk. We feel really comfortable here.

That’s why we didn’t leave until noon. Since we were once again located in the center, everything was within walking distance. Our impression: Clean, friendly and safe. Almost South-European. The districts Bellavista, Bellas Artes, Lastarria and Italia offer something for every taste. With the food we are still a little on war foot, but we do not give up and test diligently further. Today, for example, we had a “Queen” at the Café “Wunderland” on a recommendation. Consists of milk, peanuts, caramel, chocolate, cream and two granola bars.

As I said, we continue to test diligently. The ambience fit in any case. Everything reminded of Alice in Wonderland. Weather: sun, no clouds, during the day 27-30 degrees.

Reiner

ps.: Reiner spontaneously stopped at a hair salon. Good haircut and two cups of coffee including 8000 CLP. Silke

Today we went out for breakfast and planned our further trip in a café in the center. Afterwards, around 15:00 o’clock we went through the streets and alleys again. This port city has its own flair. Behind every corner there is something new to admire. In any case, the artists are not lacking in color and ideas.

Today, the stores were open again, too. Many of them have a cat. They are pretty relaxed, guarding the entrance and letting everyone touch them.

At around 17:30 we got the car from the guarded parking garage and drove to Santiago de Chile. At 19:00 we reached our accommodation.

Reiner

At 9:00 am we were picked up punctually by shared cab and driven to Calama airport, 1.5 h away. With JetSmart we left at 12:00 o’clock to Santiago de Chile. We rented a car in the airport and continued to Valparaiso on the Pacific coast. The city is built on hills, with many very steep old cobblestone streets.

Our hotel “The Travelling Chile” is located on a hill above the old town. We took a short walk through the alleys. We did one piece of steep incline in a kind of cable car for 100 CLP per ride. We have not seen so many beautiful graffiti walls as here in the accumulation. Virtually every wall is artfully and colorfully painted.

The steps are also decorated with mosaics or paintings. On the steps some groups sit together and celebrate or drink alcohol. In a bakery we got some puff pastry filled with cheese for dinner from a former Cologne. Many stores were closed because today is Sunday. Sunset was not until 20:11 with temperatures ranging from 12 to 20 degrees Celsius. Our small apartment has a balcony with a great view to the sea.

Silke

This morning we had breakfast and did some research. Around noon we rented bikes (6h for 3000 CLP per bike) to go to the “Valley of Death” (Valle de la Muerte). In total, we were just under 20 km on the road.

With a little detour we reached the entrance gate, where you had to pay 3000 CLP entrance pP. The gorge is really gigantic. Different colored sand, salt, steep cliffs and dunes. From the gate it went about 3 km meandering upwards to a shelter and parking lot. There some people did sandboarding. Climbing up the huge dune with the board and snowboots and then a short descent. The guys and gals from GB and Australia had fun anyway and enough water with them. We also met a group of riders. From the site we still had to hike about 1 km uphill to the viewpoint “Mirador”, from which you could look far across the desert to the snow-capped mountains and San Pedro de Atacama.

Back again, we whittled salad from the leftover potatoes and eggs from yesterday. Unfortunately I put a little too much Uyuni salt in it. After dinner, we went with a bottle of wine to Sarina, Carlos and Kids in their vacation home, where we again reviewed our Uyuni tour and exchanged photos. We agreed that the question of an Israeli in the salt hotel for salt for the soup was one of the funniest. Because really almost everything was made of salt. And we are all still alive and well thanks to “super alarm clock” co-driver Carlos.

We laughed a lot, it was a nice evening.

Silke