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15 May 2016
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Chile 2016
= Altos de Lircay: Enladrillado I sleep in a room with ten beds, alone. == {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-084030.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-084036.jpg }} My rental car in front of the hut of Tito and his wife: {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-090814.jpg }} Ten to eight, I'm on the way to "Enladrillado" without knowing what to expect... {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-092833.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-093825.jpg }} With the weather being much nicer today, I fetch a view of Piedras Blancas, where I have been yesterday in the afternoon: {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-101348.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-102918.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-103903.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-113756.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-113945.jpg }} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellanic_woodpecker|Magellanic woodpeckers]] (Campephilus magellanicus) in Altos de Lircay national reserve: {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-115649.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-115703.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-121426.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-122111.jpg }} Above the tree line, these posts mark my way: {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-133958.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-134010.jpg }} And snow comes closer... {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-135255.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-135941.jpg }} On the way, I meet Milena from Uruguay, who travels South America on her own. Here we snap some pics almost at the end of the trip: {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-140219.jpg }} Note the condor directly over the hill: {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-140724.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-140742.jpg }} Enladrillado is a volcanic plateau, totally level, and composed of giant boulders. {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-140743.jpg }} View from the plateau to [[http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_Descabezado_Grande|Volcán Descabezado Grande]] (3830 m): {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-141324.jpg }} Next to it, [[https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_Quizap%C3%BA|Volcán Quizapú/Cerro Azul]] (3788 m): {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-141355.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-141549.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-141644.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-141655.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-141740.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-141807.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-141819_1.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-143107.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-143158.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-143223.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-143247.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-143643.jpg }} A Chinchemollo [[https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathemera_crassa|(Agathemera crassa)]]: {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-154209.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-154629.jpg }} {{gallery> :blog:2016:chile-blog:20160514:20160515-154652.jpg }}