So, we may have mentioned earlier that it isn't a vacation for us without a natural disaster happening, right? Well, a day or so after we left this part of Chile, the Llaima Volcano erupted.
Details:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/02/naturaldisasters.chile
Once the locals kept trying to explain to "us Americans" that this was just like the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980. Once we mentioned that we had actually experienced that one we were treated like celebs.
Fortunately, we were far enough away from the Chilean volcano's eruption so that it did not interrupt our trip.
