http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Argentina , Chubut , Esquel en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:53:34 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:53:34 +0000 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 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-447960.html 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 multiday 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 availab http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-389735.html Hola holaHier 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 o http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-381427.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-373150.html ... 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 sconelike cakes of bread we continued south from the quaint wee lakeside village of Epuyen through the picturesque Chubut region a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-353419.html Det var s dagen hvor vi var rundt og sige farvel til alle Lasses venner. Lrdag morgen skal vi med bussen til El Bolson.Frst er vi til frokost almuerzo hos Juan og familie. Derefter besger vi en familie som har vret samlingssted for alle AFS'erne da Lasse var der. Faderen er medlem af Regionsrdet for Chubut regionen S der blev talt lidt om politik bde lokalt og p verdensplan. S bliv http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-298896.html Torsdag den 3. JuniVi sover lnge og starter dagen med en lbetur p 4 km. Selv Inger synes at det vil vre sundt med lidt motion oven p aftenens udskejelser.Efter morgenmaden tager vi p en ekskursion til Lasses gamle skole. Mens vi gr ned af en af gangene strmmer det pludselig ud med sm Chicas fra et klassevrelse. Sjldent har vi fet s mange sde kindkys. Og det bde til goddag og til fa http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-295850.html Tirsdag den 1. JuliBariloche ligger i Andesbjergene ved en stor s. Vi gik de 4 km fra Busstationen til bymidten hvor vi fandt et listigt lille chokoladested og besgte turistkontoret og det hostel som vi skal bo p senere. Bussen vi skulle med glimrede med sit fravr p afgangstidspunktet. Vi kom i stedet med en bus en time senere og som s til gengld var en time langsommere. Men endelig kl. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-295849.html Tirsdag d. 2 Juni EsquelI dag startede med at den intense strlevarme fra lejlighedens alt for hrdt pressede gasvarmere mindede en om de alt for mange gange man er faldet i svn ved stranden og er blevet skoldet. Heldigvis er UV stling ikke et problem gasbrndere giver og man kunne i ro og mag vende sig om og nyde lyden af den blafrende flamme og knirkenen fra det varme stl som mest af alt http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-295837.html Day 182 cont. Homely EsquelIt 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 s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-270215.html Dear Loved ones We are finding it hard to believe that we are already in the month of April. This disbelief is further enhanced by the fact that we are experiencing fall all around us. However our bodies and minds clearly believe that it is spring. Down here in the southern hemisphere the leaves are beginning to fall the fruits and nuts are being harvested the temperatures are dropping and http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-264438.html After our first few days in Bariloche we picked up a hire car to drop back south to Esquel and El Bolson. Stopped for lunch in El Bolson and despite my fears it is notno longer overrun with hippy types despite what the guidebooks might lead you to think. These days they are growing fruit or maybe some herbal tobacco. Seemed like a nice town.Esquel is about 300 km south of Bariloche and just about http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-247537.html In Esquel fahren wir mit dem alten Patagonienexpress La Trochita eine alte Dampflok aus den 1920er Jahren. Am nchsten Tag fahren wir erwartungsvoll in den Nationalpark Los Alerces der nach der hier vorherrschenden Baumart benannt ist. Die zahlreichen Wanderpfade sind zu Fuss nicht leicht zu erkunden da sie ber ein grsseres Gebiet verstreut sind verbunden nur ber eine staubige Schotterstra http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-240742.html Yesterday I got to Esquel. Unfortunately I found out on the bus which was only 4 hours that I have another attack of diarrhea. It was a really bad place to find out but all my time in Bolivia paid off and I was able to wait until we got to Esquel. Everything is fine now just a little reminder that this is still South America. Anyway after that I didnt do much else yesterday just watched B http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-235669.html Ok so I have been a bit delinquent in my postings but I can assure you it has not been without reasonhelliphellip and for the most part that reason has been Trout with a capital T. The good news is that I have plenty to write about now.As you may have gathered we spent the better part of the last month in a small town called El Bolson. Aside from having some great waffles chicken sandwic http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-232862.html The falling snow... drifts by my window...nbspSouth America raquonbspArgentina raquonbspEsquel By hannahshanksMay 28th 2007Yes thats right its still autumn here but its snowing already The sunday before last which would be about the start of this month ish..... there was a tiny bit of snow. and then a few days later we had proper snow on and off for 3 or 4 days. A http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-168860.html The falling leaves...drift by my window...nbspSouth America raquonbspArgentina raquonbspEsquel By hannahshanksMay 22nd 2007Autumn is in full swing so I thought Id just shove up some photos. Nothing much to say...heres me in the Autumn of Esquel. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-168501.html Asado is an argentinian family barbeque. My family doesnt do it but alot do it every sunday as does the family of my exchange friend Jeevon from America. So one day I decided to go along with them. We went about 2 blocks from his house nothing is ever far in this town to where his grandma lives. On the block of her house they have built a special building just for asados which has a long http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-168491.html A few weeks ago we had the niece of my host dad and her friend stay in our house for a week and that weekend we drove them up to bariloche a town a few hours away and on the way we stopped at some lovely places in the national parks. To be honest I went out the night before and was really tired and I dont know what the lakes and places are called or anything but they look pretty so Ill put http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-160121.html So being in a new house is great. Heated floors make life so much easier to get out of bed in the morning And I now get driven to school as the tempuratures are starting to drop So I needed to buy a winterski type jacket right and poor little Hannah from northern queensland wouldnt have a clue what to do for so she enlisted the help of one native friend who speaks english and an exchange http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-160109.html