Bambi!

Day 6:
February 11, 2013

Hey guys, Rachel blogging! We traveled west today towards the Andes Mountains and the border of Chile. We are going to be making some stops to experience the nature for the next couple days as we travel back up North. After a 10 hour bus trip to get here we arrived at about 3 this afternoon. Our destination for today was the beautiful Los Arrayanes National Park. The park was created in 1971 to protect the amazing arrayan trees that grow there. Their roots are so delicate a wooden path had to be created for tourists like us to walk on so we won't damage the tree roots. Apparently it is normally pretty windy here and today was no exception. Luckily I had a ponytail holder with me to keep my hair in place.

The artist who drew the scenery for the Disney movie, Bambi, spent a lot of time in this forest for inspiration. This is pretty evident because the scenery in both the movie and in the forest are really similar. We may not have seen Bambi, Thumper and the crew along the way but we did get to see some of the native Huemul deer that live there. Overall, it was a really cool experience spending the day wandering on wooden boardwalks around this amazing forest.

Oh I forgot to mention our hotel accommodations for the night. We are staying at the Sol Arrayan Hotel and Spa. It's alot nicer than some of the other places we have been staying at recently. Our room had a gorgeous view that looked out onto the mountains. We also had a great time taking a quick dip in the nice indoor pool. We all enjoyed it while we could because tomorrow we are going further north and making another nature stop for the night along the way. Don't tell Tiffany, but we are going camping! If she finds out, she is going to freak because she absolutely hates camping.