Can I Stay in Pucòn awhile Longer???

After another long, sleepless, overnight bus ride (I'm now 3 for 3 and I'm sure that's just the beginning) I arrived in the small, but charming little village of Pucòn. I immediately just fell in love with the place!! Pucòn is made up of a collection of small, wooden shops, restaurants, tourist offices, and cabins for rent. Think old ski resort town with a German or Swiss twist.

Set in the middle of the Andes and surrounded by lakes it´s no wonder that it´s a popular destination for various outdoor activities such as kayaking, mountain biking, rafting, hiking, etc. You also have a great view of one of Chile's 64 active volcanos, Volcàn Villarrica. Side note- Pucòn´s so popular around this time of year that the ATMs ran out of money!!

After checking into the best hostel thus far, The Tree House (which also turned out to have the most comfortable beds so far), my Canadian friend, who I met in Viña del Mar and is the reason why I made it to this adorable place to begin with, and I rented some mountain bikes and set off on a 48km (30ish miles) bike ride to Lago Caburgua.

Let me just briefly sum up the bike ride- 19km- hilly, rocky, dirt road, 5km- steep road, had to walk here and there because it was too steep for me to ride, 5km- fun ride down the steep road, cars wiz on by and I pray I don´t get hit or slide out on the gravel, 19km- flat road, I beat most of the cars back to Pucòn because of traffic (I secretly cheer as I wiz by them). All in all it took about 3 or so hours to get to the lake and an hour to get back. Oh, and it started to rain during the ride back.