Blogs from San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina, South America - page 4

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die cowboy-landschaft mit steppe und viel trockenen grasbüscheln wird heute im gaucho-stil beritten. unter melodramatischer folklore-beschallung fahren wir gemeinsam mit einem brasilianischen paar über dirt roads und vorbei an der ein oder anderen vermeintlichen estancia bis wir in der 39000 hektar großen ranch “perito moreno” herzlich willkommen geheißen werden. eine gemütliche estancia mit riiiesigem parilla-ofen, in dem sich problemlos ein kalb braten ließe, und unser führer für den ausritt, wie er im buche steht, empfangen uns. mit halstuch, hut und wollenem poncho reitet unser gaucho vor uns her und wir brav hinterdrein. über flussbette, durch büsche mit dornen, pinienwäldchen und an großen steinformationen vorbei genießen wir gut zwei stunden die welt auf dem rücken der pferde. deftige parilla und gegrilltes gemüse, empanadas und köstliche salate empfangen uns genauso wie fado-musi... read more
neuer freund...herbert: nicht persönlich gemeint!
princesa de la paisaje
völkerverständigung?!?


noch vor sonnenuntergang verlassen wir unser kleines einod um mit dem bus über puerto montt nach san carlos de bariloche in argentinien aufzubrechen. dieses vorhaben steht aufgrund unseres morgendlich straffen zeitplans und dem sich arg verspätenden taxifahrers kurz unter schlechten sternen, wir schaffen es aber schließlich noch rechtzeitig zum terminal. auf meine aussage “usted esta muy tarde” (“sie sind sehr spät dran”) kommt nur ein “si, si”… chileños! rasch sind wir im nächsten bus richtung bariloche, der sogar mit kaffee und keksen an bord verwöhnt! mein rucksack ist voller lebensmittel wie eiern, gemüse, käse und obst und so muss ich das alles illegaler weise vor dem argentinischen zoll unter meiner jacke am sitz verstecken - unsere gute jause hätten sie uns sonst womöglich abgenommen! alles geht gut! wir betreten argentinischen boden mit chilenischem käse im gepäck! ... read more


We started the day of the marathon bus journey with a stroll to get postcards. We have collected a few postcards on the way round but are yet to send them. The bus to Bariloche cost AR$1300 each (ouch) and left at 3.30pm so we had a leisurely lunch in the Sun in town. The journey wasn't as bad as we feared, we managed to get a fair amount of sleep, but with few stops along the way we were very pleased to get off at 8pm the next day. The bus station in Bariloche is a few km out of town and as it was late, we were tired and unsure of where to go, we shared a taxi with an Italian guy who generously paid more than his share. The taxi from the bus ... read more


Before I came to Bariloche I had felt it might be a bit of a watershed moment, and so it proved. Up until now my route had pretty much taken care of itself. I'd booked or at least planned things well in advance and whilst I'd left some latitude to allow time to make arrangements or act on recommendations I'd had a focus and expectation for each stage of my journey. Bariloche was different. I knew it was in a beautiful part of Argentina but it lacked the big ticket draw such as the iconic mountains in the south. In addition the time I would be able to spend here had always been contingent on my earlier progress and limited by the need to get to Mendoza in order to catch my flight to Salta in ... read more
Town Centre
Easter in Chocolate Town
Looking Across the Forest towards the Lake


It served to underline my good fortune that, after 4 days of excellent walking weather, I left El Chalten as I'd arrived, in the rain. I had booked on the bus from El Chalten to Bariloche. If money were no object I could have flown up from El Calafate but it was time to think of finances. Besides very long bus journeys are supposedly intrinsic to South American travel and I was curious to test myself against this experience. On the positive side the bus would be going along Ruta 40, reputed to be amongst the most scenic roads in Argentina. If it stopped raining I would have 35 hours to soak up the view. On the negative side - 35 hours on a bus! It was a length of bus journey that was difficult to ... read more


DAY 20 Today the schedule included a long gravel road drive towards Mount Tronador in an area known as ‘Pampa Linda’ an integrated national park facility with camping , horse riding, restaurant etc as a starting point for a 16 km day walk through forests and rocky terrain crossing streams and getting amazing views of Mount Tronador and its glaciers with waterfalls. The mtn views did not happen as it was completely out of view with cloud. Regardless the group had determined that the walk was out of the question. Too tired. Instead we took a small walk to a very different glacier, the Cerro Volcanico (the noisy tower). The usual lake was at the base of the glacier and what looked like a wall of black rock right to edge of the water but with ... read more
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DAY 19 A lazy 10. 30 am start lead us to believe we going to have a leisurely day mainly sailing across a series of lakes joined by 4wd bus sections where the lakes did not join. At the same time we crossed through customs & immigration procedures from Chile back to Argentina with a 2 night stop at the picture postcard town of Bariloche. First stop was to ensure our luggage was correctly tagged as it required 6 changes between boats to buses before we would see it again & that needs a lot of faith in South America. Then boarded a catamaran for a 2 hr sail across Todos los Santos. With overcast skies & mist around the hills the emerald lake was not to be seen at its best. We had a long ... read more


Hola, mis amigos! I have much enjoyed bouncing around in the Patagonia region of Argentina. Here are some photos for enjoying a wee bit of what I have been seeing. Although, I have been around a few more places than I can show you, it is because I had unfortunately deleted a bunch of photos from my camera, by mistake. So all of the wonderful birds I photographed in El Calafate at La Laguna are all gone. One of the hazards of travel, when one does not know one´s camera´s operations very well. Or, it was a matter of pressing buttons with my sunglasses on? I´ll never figure that one out. Just trust me when I say, I did a lot of bird watching. Here is the list of what I saw for those of you ... read more
Photo from the bus
Waterfall walk, El Chalten
Hiking in the hills


Barry-low-chay, not Bar-low-sh, was the perfect destination for the Valentine’s weekend portion of our pre-wedding honeymoon. I’m not sure if I mentioned that this trip is serving as our honeymoon trip even though our wedding is not until August. The weekend started out a little rough when our flight from Salta was delayed making our connection in Buenos Aires next to impossible to catch, I thought for sure we would be stuck making a back-up plan. Our plane landed in Buenos Aires at the exact time our connecting flight was supposed to take off, we were whisked off the plane onto a bus that took us right to the stairs of our next plane, our boarding passes ripped by an attendant upon the bus as Binnson asked whether our bags were going to make it – ... read more
Nahuel Huapi
Mamuschka
Bariloche


PATAGONIA: The birth of the crocodile man. Early flight out of Buenos Aires...great view of the "sweet ocean"...the 30 kms of fresh water from the Amazon between Argentina and Uruguay...best views ever of the massive clusters of dwellings that is B.A...heading West to the Andes...just the two of us...our friends detained by the accident only hours before. Two hours later the plane wheels touch down in Bariloche...from dreams woken by pandemonium. Passengers bursting with raptuous applause...congratulating the pilot on a safe landing...as if it was unusual. Yes we say...we are happy too! Fancy remis to our digs...sure this is the address...but no green door...this is brown. Our lack of Spanish kicking in fast...feeling already like an Aussie version of Manuel in Fawlty Towers...keh. Somehow found Anna our host with her daughter Christina visiting from Germany..... read more
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LLAO LLAO
EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT




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