Villa de Angostura-

This very cool town of Villa de Angostura was ground zero for the eruption of Volcan Puyehue about 9 months ago. Thick piles of ash cover the ground and rafts of floating small pumice rock float in their beautiful lakes. We hiked into a park here today that is a preserve for a rare tree called the Arrenella. At the end of the trail we caught a small ferry that brought us back to where we started. Then when we passed through the town as we left late in the day we caught a parade. Great day.

Rough translation on this float in the parade- the volcano can't take away our happiness.












Parade Diva





Pumice ash that forms in rafts along the lake's shoreline. Can you see the layer of floating pumice between the sand and water. Super weird.



Gordon examining the pumice floating in the lake with our ferry in the background.






Ash covers everything in the forest.





This is a dog that was our trail angel during our hike. Notice the ash on his fur.


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