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Termas de Puyehue

[[image - black and white photograph showing a building with road in the forefront, log guardrails on both sides. Trees and hills behind and in the distance]]
[[caption]] Hotel [[/caption]]

[[image - black and white photograph - five people on a patio, four men and one woman. Trees and grassy hillside behind them]] [[caption]] Cortés, Suarez, Teuber, Mrs. Teuber, Corral. [[/caption]]

From Pilmaiquen we went to the Termas de Puyehue where there is one of the finest Chilean hotels. Rates were up to 7.50 (U.S.) a day per person, which in Chile is very high. First of all, we went in for a swim in the enclosed pool, fed from thermal springs. The water was a little too warm to be invigorating but for a short time it was certainly pleasant. Then came the very excellent luncheon in the hotel dining room; the food and service both sumptious. I noticed that there was an evident desire on the part of some of the party to be photographed with the hotel as a background. After lunch we went out to get a bit of collecting. First to a small group of hot springs that came out of the ground