Blogs from Neuquén, Argentina, South America - page 15

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Well, this is the first well and truly miserable weather day so far. It's been raining (not hard, but constant) since last night, but at least it has moderated the temperature a bit. Yesterday afternoon it was 9C. The sun is supposed to come out again tomorrow for a nice weekend, so hopefully I can get out there with the camera and see some of the sights... As soon as you cross over the Andes from Chile to, you notice the change in climate - Argentina is obviously in the rainshadow of the Andes, as it gets very dry very quickly on the other side. I didn't think there'd be as many Monkey Puzzle trees because it was so dry, but the base of Volcan Lanin was thick with them (just over the Argentine border). The ... read more
Volcano Warning System
it's about to blow!
Monkey Puzzles

South America » Argentina » Neuquén » Junín de los Andes October 26th 2005

Made it over the hill into Argentina this morning, to stay at Junin de Los Andes for a night. Went through both Chilean and Argetine immigration and customs... read more


just when you take the eye off the ball it lands on your face...the resulting connection could either end up in the top corner or just knock you on your feet..... well right now...we are heading straight into that top corner....and the celebration will be as crazy as the situation was a fuckin´blessing! once again we´ve gone to hell in that old handcart.....but the inflight service is a peach.....the only way is up..... nuff 4 now.....but we´ll meet again..... Wonderfully consequencial, wonderfully insane.....and it just fills a great void for parents and educators by offering practical ways to change the developmental course for boys at risk. boys at risk.....hummmm......peril or pearl....well this ones shiny...and a pearl is a hard, rounded object produced by certain mollusks, primarily oysters...god damn... read more


Brace yourselves - this is gonna be a long one! Since seeing sealions be cut off in their prime we've been up to all sorts, not least trekking, fishing, drinking, travelling and more drinking. Today is a bad day, hence the title and if you're patient enough to read to the end of this entry you'll know why. From Puerto Madryn we went to a place called El Calafate, where the last diary entry was written from. The big appeal of El Calafate is the Perito Moreno glaciar, a quite phenomal natural landmark slapbang in the middle of a lake. We spent a day wandering around the national park in which it is housed and then got a boat trip out onto the lake towards the edge of the glaciar. From time to time there was ... read more
Anyone seen a glaciar around here?
An elated Andy reaches the end of the all day trek...
Put your back into it Jamie!

South America » Argentina » Neuquén » Zapala March 22nd 2005

Rien ne va plus, faites vos jeux... La grippe a frappé dur vos deux héros, si bien qu'il a fallu repenser nos (ambitieux) plans de voyage. Íl a donc fallu prolonger notre séjour à Bariloche et oublier le Chili (sniff !) On fera des plans pour un autre voyage. Nous sommes donc partis de San Carlos de Bariloche, ce matin, en direction de Mendoza. Nous avons fait la route des sept lacs qui offre vraiment un spectacle grandiose. D'immensens étendues d'eau dans toutes les nuances de bleu, ceinturées de montagnes gigantesques (les Andes). À couper le souffle. Malheureusement, les petits villages qui les entourent ont déjà perdu leur cachet. Ici, ça développe à la vitesse grand V. Dépêchez-vous de venir visiter avant l'ouverture d'un premier McDonald's. Bien que coté bouffe, la région est au mieux moyenne. ... read more




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