Lake Mascardi / Hotel Tronador. We had a fun trip to the lakes region of the Andes, northern Patagonia, about 50 miles south of Bariloche, the main regional town and transportation hub. Clean air, blue skies, sun, rivers, trees, stars, glacier, exercise - a great retreat from the city life. It began Monday 3/16 morning, after we fortunately discovered we were leaving from the domestic airport only 10 minutes away, and not the much further international airport. That saved a few headaches. We took a cab, but the one we had called was late, and so were we, so we just flagged one down on the street. Nice guy - Sullivan, who was gearing up for St. Paddy's day. Anyway, after he dropped us off I discovered I had left my leather bag in the taxi.
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