For the second time in the last few days we've found ourselves experiencing unseasonal snow and cold. First we had blizzard conditions the day we left El Calafate and now the same in Esquel, putain. Maybe Clarkson is right :-) !!! [View Full Entry]

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Ah, what a nice park this is! I arrived early in the morning, and had the super helpful guardaparques explain everything to me. The trail i wanted to hike was in a very bad condition due to the rain and storms, apparently, but as it was the only multi-day trekking option i had to take it. While the main road through the park has good facilities, shops and campings, there's only short walks available. Most of the park is unreachable - the guardaparque told me this was because it's in the first place a nature reserve, not a tourist attraction, and [View Full Entry]

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Hola hola! Hier weer een berichtje uit Zuid Amerika. Ditmaal uit het land waar je de zon in de zee kunt zakken, Chilli. Net een paar dagen op 't strand van het eiland Chiloe doorgebracht en op weg naar het outdoor Mekka van Chili 'Pucon'genaamd (iets onder Santiago). Goed eerst even terug naar waar we gebleven waren. Omdat het te veel om op te noemen is wat we zien en beleven hier, hier een korte opsomming en enkele hoogtepunten. Daarvoor gaan we terug naar begin van dit jaar, halverwege januari. Gill en ik bevonden ons toen in Trevelin, een klein plaatsje [View Full Entry]

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So I headed south from my life of luxury in Mallin, and ended up in the city of Esquel, which was one of the places that the Welsh colonised when they wandered over this way all those years back. However, the tourist office told me there was no evidence of the Welsh here, I'd have to go to nearby Trevelin for that. For the time being however, I found myself a campsite, and just as I was beginning to think I was rather peckish, some Argentines said they had far too much steak, and would I like to have some? I [View Full Entry]

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... i want to have a roadside stall, selling goodies to hungry cycle tourists. We passed lots of signs for cerezas before our curiosity got the better of us and we discovered we were in prime cherry growing country. So weighed down with fresh cerezas and torte frita (scone-like cakes of bread) we continued south from the quaint wee lakeside village of Epuyen through the picturesque Chubut region and onwards through Los Alerces National Park. We've enjoyed travelling through this tranquil and stunning region so much that we happy to only do about 50 or 60 km´s a day, making the [View Full Entry]

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Det var så dagen, hvor vi var rundt og sige farvel til alle Lasses venner. Lørdag morgen skal vi med bussen til El Bolson. Først er vi til frokost (almuerzo) hos Juan og familie. Derefter besøger vi en familie som har været samlingssted for alle AFS'erne da Lasse var der. Faderen er medlem af "Regionsrådet" for Chubut regionen, Så der blev talt lidt om politik både lokalt og på verdensplan. Så bliver det Gustavo og families tur, hvor vi får Maté (lokal urtete som man deler i en lille beholder med et sugerør). Til sidst er vi på restaturant med AFS [View Full Entry]

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Torsdag den 3. Juni Vi sover længe og starter dagen med en løbetur på 4 km. Selv Inger synes at det vil være sundt med lidt motion oven på aftenens udskejelser. Efter morgenmaden tager vi på en ekskursion til Lasses gamle skole. Mens vi går ned af en af gan-gene strømmer det pludselig ud med små Chicas fra et klasseværelse. Sjældent har vi fået så mange søde kindkys. Og det både til goddag og til farvel. Pigerne gik en klasse under Lasse og går nu i 3 G. På turistkontoret undersøger vi sneforholdene i Bariloche. Kun aller øverst oppe er der [View Full Entry]

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Tirsdag d. 2 Juni - Esquel I dag startede med at den intense strålevarme fra lejlighedens alt for hårdt pressede gasvarmere mindede en om de alt for mange gange man er faldet i søvn ved stranden og er blevet skoldet. Heldigvis er UV ståling ikke et problem gasbrændere giver, og man kunne i ro og mag vende sig om, og nyde lyden af den blafrende flamme og knirkenen fra det varme stål, som mest af alt gav indtrykket af at man var sov en sauna, omend uden at svede. Klokken 8.30 fik vi for første gang siden vi landede i Buenos [View Full Entry]

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Tirsdag den 1. Juli Bariloche ligger i Andesbjergene ved en stor sø. Vi gik de 4 km fra Busstationen til bymidten, hvor vi fandt et listigt lille chokoladested og besøgte turistkontoret og det hostel som vi skal bo på sene-re. Bussen vi skulle med glimrede med sit fravær på afgangstidspunktet. Vi kom i stedet med en bus en time senere, og som så til gengæld var en time langsommere. Men endelig kl. 21 var vi fremme. Lasses familie og venner stod og tog imod os. Vi fik noget at spise, hvorefter vi blev sat af ved den lejlighed, som vi har [View Full Entry]

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Day 182 cont. Homely Esquel It was getting dark by the time I arrived in Esquel, and rather than walk ten blocks to find somewhere to stay, I took a taxi to the reputable cheap hostel on the other side of town. Nice and homely, and with not many people staying there, it seems like a nice place to be based for a couple of days before I head back up to Bariloche. My only problems seem, as usual, to stem from language difficulties, with the accent in Esquel proving to be slightly difficult to understand. On the bright side, since [View Full Entry]

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