On our way to the catch the bus from Bariloche at 6:30am we saw a guy on his motorcycle - who was obviously wasted from the night before - try to overtake a taxi, swerve and crashed right into the back of the taxi... hard. The bike toppled on him and the seat was ripped off the bike in the process. Luckily we were right downtown where other people could assist him and soon after a police truck down the road spotted the guy lying on the road and went to help. We had an interesting day yet again on a bus! We went from Bariloche, Argentina to Osorno, Chile (very strict border control with dogs checking for fruits and vegetables) then had a 2 hour wait for our bus to Valdivia, Chile. After arriving in Valdivia we walked around to find a hostel; all the ones we checked were either way too expensive or really dingy. We were sort of tired and frustrated so we went to McDonald's for the WiFi and fries and found a bus to Pucon. After walking around Valdivia for a few hours with all our crap we decided that we'd get on our third bus in one day and head to Pucon. We were greeted at the bus station by a really nice hostel owner and were shown to his Hospedaje (Hostel Wohlenburg http://www.wohlenberghostel.cl/ ) We decided to visit Parque Nacional Huerquehue for a bit of day hiking and we had some pretty decent weather. A girl from Finland who was staying at our hostel came along with us for the day. The National Park was really beautiful like all of the Patagonian areas we've visited but this was a little different than what we had seen already. The park resembled a rainforest than a forest you would find in the mountains of Patagonia. There were huge trees, very lush green undergrowth and stands of bamboo growing all over the place. As we ascended higher into the alpine more snow was sticking to the ground and it was very weird seeing bamboo covered in snow. But the mix of white, freshly fallen snow sitting on lush green vegetation with the sun pouring through the trees made portions of our hike appear as if our surroundings were painted on canvas. It was really cool. After our day in the National Park we hung around Pucon and killed some time enjoying the sunny weather for one more day. To learn more about Pucon check out its Wikipedia page.
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