Fotos del sur: the way back

We took a less direct route on the way back, heading west to the coast and taking a couple of days. The epicentre of the big earthquake of February 2010 was close by, and there's still a lot of damage to be seen.

Los Pellines, I think, right on the coast. Down this rough-shod street are temporary houses made of sheets of wood and plastic, which have presumably been people's homes ever since the earthquake.

 Constitución

 I think this is indicating what state the house is in. Sometimes there are green crosses with "inhabitable" written on them.

To the left and behind us is the mouth of river that Constitución sits on. This area used to be covered with people's houses - all destroyed by the tsumani that came after the earthquake.

 Mariscal (seafood soup) in Constitución's mercado

 And a ¡camión enorme!

Fotos del sur: Coñaripe

Fotos del sur: Huilo Huilo

Huilo Huilo is a biological reserve we visited one day. It has the most spectacular waterfall, of which there are no photos because they didn't go one inch of the way to capturing it. I've included a few other photos of the drive there and back as well.

Fotos del sur: el dieciocho

Dihueñe salad - these are little fruit things that you knock off tree branches with a stick - a classic Mapuche food. Pretty bland by themselves but good with other flavours, though the texture is a little spongy for my liking.

 Preparing a rico almuerzo, and drinking mate of course.

 The end result!! Mmmmmm

 Meanwhile outside...