El Chalten to Bariloche....the two little cities are just 1,384km away...these are the last four days of our little Patagonia trip...driving a lot...waiting for a plane...and doing some fun things in between. We left mid-morning El Chalten for the road north. First, 120km of beautiful paved road, than a good 150km of nightmare gravels...I thought, well, been raining the last few days, there is only one possible way, so I'de better allowed myself some serious extra time. A week ago we just got stuck in a huge puddle just a kilometer north of Tres Lagos. Interesting point, since we got stuck, they have repaired that part of the track...aka Ruta 40. I was pretty suprised that the place was flat, beautiful...and yes, fully dry. But few hundred meters later, the fun started. I was going to
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