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Published: December 6th 2005
sunset
Carlos Pellegrini, ArgentinaJust some pics of my night camping at Colonia Carlos Pellegrini. Arrived at sunset to set up camp by the lagoon. I had the whole place to myself, so it was lovely and quiet.... The weather was fantastic - about 27C and a light breeze. Took some time to chill out and take some photos before it got dark. I was expecting a barrage of mosquitos and other creepy crawlies at dusk, but they didn´t eventuate (quite disappointed really, after all of those injections and antibiotics). Had a semi-decent night´s sleep after so may bus rides, and woke up pretty early because my tent was warming up in the sun. I popped my ead out of the tent to see what the weather was like, and nearly fell over when I saw a wild capybara just a matter of meters from my tent! This was one of the moments I came to South America for, so I was very excited...
Spent the following day wandering along the lagoon and along some of the information trails nearby. I was going to take a quick dip in the water, but I didn´t have the nerve. Turns out the lagoon is full of caiman
not sure why this is here
Carlos Pellegrini, Argentina (small crocodiles), so probably a good thing I didn´t!
Saw plenty of weed plants - all of the ponds, rivers and lagoons are full of salvinia, water hyacinth and the ubiquitous water lettuce (horrible, horrible stuff!). At least the capybaras will eat it - I propose a trial of capybara imports for the purpose of weed control (I swear I won´t take one home!!!).
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