Blogs from Villa La Angostura, Neuquén, Argentina, South America - page 2

So I skipped out of Buenos Aires pretty quick, realizing how much time I would be spending there afterwards, and caught the 13:00 bus to Bariloche. The drive was scenic and beautiful, but I was only able to sleep for four hours of the twenty hour ride. We passed fields of sunflowers, countless estancias, and I even saw a flamingo hanging out in a pond. As we got closer to Bariloche, the terrain changed from flat farmlands to a hilly, slightly wooded area with large rivers in the valleys. It was gorgeous just as the sun was rising. We arrived at just after 8:00 in Bariloche which is when I realized I had not done my research on the region. My friend Adi and I caught the bus that said ´Centro Urbano´and managed to find the ... read more

We rented mountain bikes to bike up a nearby mountain, and ride down the ski slopes. Nearly made it to a waterfall along the way, but couldn't quite get there.... read more

PART III: Villa La Angostura: January 1-2 Despite the relaxed atmosphere and beautiful landscape of San Martin de los Andes, this city is visibly a ski resort built for tourists or wealthy Argentineans. There was, in my view, a lack of authenticity as the Switzerland architecture seemed displaced. On the morning of January 1, we headed to Villa la Angostura through a green road surrounded once again by snow topped mountains. The colourful Argentinean lupins were growing along the road and created a magical pastoral landscape filled with cows and horses. We arrived at our charming wooden hostel for a well-deserved rest. The next morning on January 2, we took a boat through the Andes to get to the Parque de los Arrayanes, an unique park known for its rare arbutus-like trees called arrayanes. The three-hour ... read more