Hello mum!
Today I visited the most important hill in Temuco, Ñielol hill. By the way, I like the way the "Ñ" letter sounds, it's somewhat between N and I 
Some people say that Ñielol hill is an extinct volcano 
I hope it isn't, because I would not like to see it active since it's right next to the city!
We went up (by car - we were feeling a little lazy) to the main viewpoint from where we could see a big part of Temuco!
A little close there were this four very tall Mapuche totems! 
They are called "chemamulls"
In the middle there is a "canelo" tree, a sacred tree for Mapuche people.
Near there was a poor fallen one, he was too old and was kind of rotten 
Then we moved to a lower viewpoint from where we could see a little more of the city to the west.
Do you see the closest roof? That's a small natural museum 
In the museum there was an embalmed condor! It is the national bird of Chile and also the largest flying bird in the world!! It has a wingspan of about 3.2 m (10.5 ft) and can live up to 100 years! What an amazing bird!
This is a south american rodent called Coipo, it's like a mix between a beaver and a rat, a giant rat
This is a map of the 9th region of Chile, "La Araucanía" which where I am now.
I learned that just in La Araucanía there are 7 volcanoes! And in Chile, more than 2,900!!! which is the 15% of all the volcanoes in the world
Here I am inside of a "piñón" which contains hundreds of seeds of Araucaria tree (monkey puzzle), the national tree of Chile
I hope you're having a good time!
See you!
Sweet Mimi
