19/2 One volcano, 2 volcano, 3 volcano more

Sunday 19 February

Up at 6 for the full day drive to Pucon, back in Chile.  Today’s drive was past beautiful lakes set amongst magnificent mountain ranges and thick forests.  Fuschias are native here and currently in flower.  Very pretty and some of them are very large shrubs. 

 We stopped for a break next to a lake which appeared to be covered by a weed.  Turns out that it was fallout from the volcano that erupted in June – pumice stone. Everyone then had fun throwing the rocks into the water and watching them bounce and then float. 

 The road side and fallen forest logs have quite a thick coating of volcanic ash.   The border crossing went well - didn’t need to unpack and got one stamp well placed. Had lunch next to a spectacular volcano – classic cone shape with waves of cloud breaking over it. Sean has a time lapse capability on his camera and it makes amazing viewing, with the clouds breaking just like waves of water would.

J was cooking and made an unusual beef stroganoff. Very early night.

Book title is "One track mind *exposed*'.   All that is on Helen's mind is sleep. As with Danny & MJ.