Travellingman reisverhalen - - San Estanislao - Villarrica
Day 8: Vrijdag 3 maart 2017
San Estanislao - Villarrica

I was awake very early, around 5:30 AM. Half an hour later I got up and worked on my travel diary. Afterward I smoked a cigar in the park and had breakfast. A small buffet, but adequate for a breakfast.

After breakfast I walked into the town. Many shops were already open. It is a pleasant town with here and there some old buildings. Just outside the center there are only newer homes. I walked a large square around the center. Here and there, old rough road with inlaid stones. On the other side of center even more shopping streets, it is a trading town, there were a lot of things for sale.

After half an hour walk I had seen most of it and I went back to the hotel and get some travelogue and photos put online. Around 9:30 AM I checked out and went further south. At the exit of the town I passed a park and a church. Then by vast fields, sometimes to the swampy stand. Many varied grass and cattle. Because I did not have to make any long distance today, I could drive calmly. I passed several villages, often only a few dozen houses.

After 100 kilometers I stopped in Coronel Oviedo what may be called a city. I parked my car at a convenience store and walked around. The town is not very old, from the 50s of the last century. It was not much appealing. In a park I smoked a cigar and then rode again. Around 12:30 PM I was in Villarrica and booked in at Hotel Musa, about 130 kilometers on the clock. It was very hot, about 36C and at first decided to hold a sietsa. Around 3:30 AM I went walking around the town. Around the park (Plaza de les Heros) near the hotel still quite a few older buildings and a little further a cathedral (Plaza Indepencia), from the inside it was not really decorated. I walked through the different streets and there were many shops. On the other side of the center is a pretty big park, even with a pool (but no water) and a small lake. Ever designed by a young man who is also buried here. In the streets here they sold lots of fruits and vegetables.

I walked back to the hotel and rested a bit and did something to my travelogue. After some walking around, eating in the hotel restaurant. Hereafter to the park, where there was just the presentation of the rally cars. Tomorrow there is a rally race. It was pretty busy.

Back at the hotel still watch some TV and sleep.

Initial publication: 06 maart 2017
Last update: 29 oktober 2017
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