my trip around south america as so far taken me to brazil, uruguay, argentina and chile. although there has been a bit of zig-zagging here and there i've pretty much been travelling in one direction, south towards the tip of the continent and then north after that. after spending christmas in mendoza and new years in valparaiso i was undecided about where to go next. my mate i'd been travelling with was heading north, but a bit too far for me. i considered going west into some new places in argentina. and then i thought about going south to pucon. in my head it seemed wrong going back on myself, like i wasn't allowed to backtrack, but the trip only took 10 hours, which in south america is literally 'just down the road'. so i boarded the bus and went back on myself without looking back. and the reason to retrace my steps and go south to pucon: this big, smoking, active volcano.

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my trip around south america as so far taken me to brazil, uruguay, argentina and chile. although there has been a bit of zig-zagging here and there i've pretty much been travelling in one direction, south towards the tip of the continent and then north after that. after spending christmas in mendoza and new years in valparaiso i was undecided about where to go next. my mate i'd been travelling with was heading north, but a bit too far for me. i considered going west into some new places in argentina. and then i thought about going south to pucon. in my head it seemed wrong going back on myself, like i wasn't allowed to backtrack, but the trip only took 10 hours, which in south america is literally 'just down the road'. so i boarded the bus and went back on myself without looking back. and the reason to retrace my steps and go south to pucon: this big, smoking, active volcano.

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