Bariloche - 28 mars au 1er avril 2010
The trip from Los Antiguos and Bariloche (or San Carlos de Bariloche) has been terrific throughout. We left March 28 to 15 and we arrived 29 to 18h ... It was supposed to arrive on the 29th at 8am-n which is not bad, but the bus broke down at night in the middle of the steppe ... It s is arrested hours, drivers under the bus, more suspensions. It must be said that the road-always the legendary Route 40, s to recall! - Was still a dirt road and gravel ... It has managed to restart the bus and traveling at the speed of a snail up the small town of Esquel. The one that waited another bus to pick us up to 300 km remaining. We waited for the bus in question from 8 am to 13h and we finally arrived in Bariloche was 18h. A beautiful day for a lot of annoyance and lost ....
We had the info too late but what we c should have done is go up this part of Chile because the scenery is much more beautiful. For between Los Antiguos and Esquel, Patagonia Argentina is truly boring, very dry because it rains very little compared to the Chilean Patagonia much nicer. There have been crossing the border to Los Antiguos rating and Chile Chico Chile, take the southern route and alternate route and ferry before returning to Argentina in terms of Esquel. From Esquel to the landscape changes and the steppe gives way to a new landscape of mountains and lakes. D Also, c is between Esquel and El Bolson that the singer Florent Pagny has his ranch somewhere well hidden to the village of Cholila ... N not being invited, we spent our way!
Bariloche al located inside the Nahuel Huapi National Park and the shores of the lake of the same name. The city has not particularly charming, only its central place, with small wooden buildings and stone can resemble a Swiss village. The rest is rather arbitrary, but the two main streets parallel to the lake are very commercial and rather pleasant. We are far from the charms of the Chilean housing. The decor around Bariloche is however very beautiful: Lake Nahuel Huapi and its islands the largest of which is the Victoria Island, the "arm of lakes", and several Cerros (vertices) which are accessed by cable car and / or chair lift. In particular, it is up to Cerro Catedral (1900 m only) on top of which the views of the lake Nahuel Huapi and Gutierrez and splendid that the peaks of the Andes with Tronador volcano (3478 m). Villa Catedral, or part of the cable car to climb to Cerro, is also the largest ski resort of South America. And it's weird to think that the ski season here s extends from mid May to late September. There are quite a few channels or you can hike from hut to hut was from Cerros.
we went to visit the peninsula of Llao Llao located in the heart of the Nahuel Huapi Park 25 km east of Bariloche al. A good network of bus serves. Unfortunately it has rained all day and paid it s is soaked from head to toe. We didn't have climbed Cerro Campanario either d or it is said that al is one of the finest views of the world ... It will take that one back, c is about to see all that we didn't have to see!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Waxing And Pain Killers
The Ancients - 25 au 27 mars
We started March 25 at 9am in the morning from El Chalten and arrived at Los Antiguos 22h, a village of 5,000 inhabitants situated on the shores of Lago Buenos Aires, just 10 km from the Chilean border; the lake being a horse on the two countries. Ruta 40 on this section is a gravel track which crosses the Patagonian steppe landscapes very arid, almost desert. It was crossed in 11 hours of travel, only a dozen vehicles ... By cons we still saw lots of guanacos (llama in the Andes), ñandus (the ostrich Andes), and we even saw a zorro (fox Andes, c is very rare to see them) as well as a small animal unknown to us until then: a pinch. Highway not in finished and is much longer that it is not tarmac ... Leaving El Chalten, the view over the Lago San Martin was superb, then a steppe landscape similar to the km. Arriving to Los Antiguos, terrain is shifting in favor of deep valleys and canyons. Since that we are in Patagonia We are amazed by the color of the sky. When it is blue, blue is very clear. The clouds are translucent and have something special forms: they look like flying saucers or springs ... and appear to float in the sky. Los Antiguos
is an oasis of greenery in the harsh landscape that surrounds the. The town is famous for its production of red berries in chakras, or family farms that can be visited. In particular, Los Antiguos is our Bessenay since c is the capital of the cherry with a national holiday is celebrated annually in January.
We spent a great day in the chakra of Señor Padilla, who was the owner of the hostel where we slept. 12 ha of land in the countryside on which he grows vegetables: garlic, beets, peas ... it also has fruit trees, sheep, horses and racing pigs. We arrived as tourists to visit the chakra, and we left as friends. Mr. Padilla was prepared in the kitchen of his small hut a great stew of mutton (which had to be skinned head down) with potatoes and carrots. Some friends came to join us with a bag full of chicken parts that they have kitchens improvising on a barbecue sauce with tomatoes, onions and sour cream ... Accompanies all of a good bottle of red wine. A regal, and a day unlike any other in a natural atmosphere and family. Señor Padilla explained to us the difference between ranch and chakra. The first is at least 1000 ha and includes the intensive rearing of sheep and / or cattle. The chakras are smaller and priority is given to the family culture.
We started March 25 at 9am in the morning from El Chalten and arrived at Los Antiguos 22h, a village of 5,000 inhabitants situated on the shores of Lago Buenos Aires, just 10 km from the Chilean border; the lake being a horse on the two countries. Ruta 40 on this section is a gravel track which crosses the Patagonian steppe landscapes very arid, almost desert. It was crossed in 11 hours of travel, only a dozen vehicles ... By cons we still saw lots of guanacos (llama in the Andes), ñandus (the ostrich Andes), and we even saw a zorro (fox Andes, c is very rare to see them) as well as a small animal unknown to us until then: a pinch. Highway not in finished and is much longer that it is not tarmac ... Leaving El Chalten, the view over the Lago San Martin was superb, then a steppe landscape similar to the km. Arriving to Los Antiguos, terrain is shifting in favor of deep valleys and canyons. Since that we are in Patagonia We are amazed by the color of the sky. When it is blue, blue is very clear. The clouds are translucent and have something special forms: they look like flying saucers or springs ... and appear to float in the sky. Los Antiguos
is an oasis of greenery in the harsh landscape that surrounds the. The town is famous for its production of red berries in chakras, or family farms that can be visited. In particular, Los Antiguos is our Bessenay since c is the capital of the cherry with a national holiday is celebrated annually in January.
We spent a great day in the chakra of Señor Padilla, who was the owner of the hostel where we slept. 12 ha of land in the countryside on which he grows vegetables: garlic, beets, peas ... it also has fruit trees, sheep, horses and racing pigs. We arrived as tourists to visit the chakra, and we left as friends. Mr. Padilla was prepared in the kitchen of his small hut a great stew of mutton (which had to be skinned head down) with potatoes and carrots. Some friends came to join us with a bag full of chicken parts that they have kitchens improvising on a barbecue sauce with tomatoes, onions and sour cream ... Accompanies all of a good bottle of red wine. A regal, and a day unlike any other in a natural atmosphere and family. Señor Padilla explained to us the difference between ranch and chakra. The first is at least 1000 ha and includes the intensive rearing of sheep and / or cattle. The chakras are smaller and priority is given to the family culture.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
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El Chalten - 19 au 25 mars et
Situated at 3:30 bus north of El Calafate, El Chalten is a funny little town of 500 souls, built in 1985, dedicated to trekking and mountaineering al (it says here mountaineering, obviously). More than just a city, El Chalten is a patchwork of houses that appear to have been placed there at the foot of the mountains, next to each other, at random, without unity. But what makes the fame of El Chalten, c is its position north of Los Glaciares National Park, near Lake Viedma and the foot of the famous peaks Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre. Many climbers have tackled these granite needles be deemed impassable despite their low altitude. Many have left their lives. Fitz Roy, 3400 m has been conquered by a Franco-Argentine expedition in 1954, the Cerro Torre in 1974.
Coming to El Chalten, the bus stopped in s is what might be called an inn on the high road, La Leona, of historical fame. It would home in 1905 Bud Cassidy, Sundance Kid and his sidekick wife, after that they have rob a bank in Rio Gallegos. Leona located in the steppe facing the tumultuous river of the same name was used primarily to advance the position of breeders who moved with their livestock. The building was renovated to look like hui Aujour of cool ranch gauchos. The view arriving in El Chalten is so great that it is moving: the snowy mountain ranges with all peaks and peaks of granite and at the forefront of Lake Viedma deep blue. El Chalten is s self proclaimed national trekking capital. Several hiking trails allow s approach of many glaciers, which are all part of the Patagonian Icefield and hands-Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre Poincenot.
We made several hiking for the day: The first in
6h return up to Lago Torre with views of the Cerro Torre (unfortunately partially covered by clouds), and another massive snow-capped Cerro Solo-that we see already the village and the Great Glacier. A magnificent condor is happening above our heads before continuing his flight into the depths of mountains.
For the second hike we followed the route of Madre e Hija Lakes without difficulty, in RA 6h. The trail passes al go to Lake Capri and made a loop for a superb view over the glaciers of Los Tres. The sky was overcast and the wind, the area is famous for its climatic conditions can be extreme. It has been seen and photographed from near the woodpeckers, the one with the red crest, the one with the black crest. They seemed to attack them with rage s tree trunk on which they were hung!
Yesterday the sun was back: we took the opportunity to climb up to the Lago de los Tres s approach to the Fitz Roy 8am in return. The trail goes again to Laguna Capri, it was a very beautiful view of lakes Madre e Hija against bottom. The last hour and climbs pretty sight as I arrived at the Fitz Roy is sublime at the forefront of the lago Los Tres, overcomes the needle Fitz Roy and its left many other peaks whose Poincenot. In cons down, Laguna Sucia.
El Chalten village
Situated at 3:30 bus north of El Calafate, El Chalten is a funny little town of 500 souls, built in 1985, dedicated to trekking and mountaineering al (it says here mountaineering, obviously). More than just a city, El Chalten is a patchwork of houses that appear to have been placed there at the foot of the mountains, next to each other, at random, without unity. But what makes the fame of El Chalten, c is its position north of Los Glaciares National Park, near Lake Viedma and the foot of the famous peaks Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre. Many climbers have tackled these granite needles be deemed impassable despite their low altitude. Many have left their lives. Fitz Roy, 3400 m has been conquered by a Franco-Argentine expedition in 1954, the Cerro Torre in 1974.
Coming to El Chalten, the bus stopped in s is what might be called an inn on the high road, La Leona, of historical fame. It would home in 1905 Bud Cassidy, Sundance Kid and his sidekick wife, after that they have rob a bank in Rio Gallegos. Leona located in the steppe facing the tumultuous river of the same name was used primarily to advance the position of breeders who moved with their livestock. The building was renovated to look like hui Aujour of cool ranch gauchos. The view arriving in El Chalten is so great that it is moving: the snowy mountain ranges with all peaks and peaks of granite and at the forefront of Lake Viedma deep blue. El Chalten is s self proclaimed national trekking capital. Several hiking trails allow s approach of many glaciers, which are all part of the Patagonian Icefield and hands-Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre Poincenot.
We made several hiking for the day: The first in
6h return up to Lago Torre with views of the Cerro Torre (unfortunately partially covered by clouds), and another massive snow-capped Cerro Solo-that we see already the village and the Great Glacier. A magnificent condor is happening above our heads before continuing his flight into the depths of mountains.
For the second hike we followed the route of Madre e Hija Lakes without difficulty, in RA 6h. The trail passes al go to Lake Capri and made a loop for a superb view over the glaciers of Los Tres. The sky was overcast and the wind, the area is famous for its climatic conditions can be extreme. It has been seen and photographed from near the woodpeckers, the one with the red crest, the one with the black crest. They seemed to attack them with rage s tree trunk on which they were hung!
Yesterday the sun was back: we took the opportunity to climb up to the Lago de los Tres s approach to the Fitz Roy 8am in return. The trail goes again to Laguna Capri, it was a very beautiful view of lakes Madre e Hija against bottom. The last hour and climbs pretty sight as I arrived at the Fitz Roy is sublime at the forefront of the lago Los Tres, overcomes the needle Fitz Roy and its left many other peaks whose Poincenot. In cons down, Laguna Sucia.
El Chalten village
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Völkl C 10 Xtended
El Calafate Perito Moreno glacier - 16 au 19 mars
El Calafate is located 320 km northwest of Rio Gallegos and it took us 4 hours by bus to arrive. We were sitting in 1st place on the 2nd floor of the bus and were able to admire the scenery at leisure the famous Route 40 which starts just down to Rio Gallegos in Patagonia and back up al extreme northern Argentina. C is the road we'll go back step by step. No relief, extreme aridity of the steppe, a few tufts of grass or bushes buffeted by the wind. From time to time an arrow sign indicating the presence of an estancia, at the end of a dirt road unlikely, with a wooden gate in the middle of nowhere, flying with the wind. Quite small Patagonian ostriches with their thin legs hopping on both sides of the road. And after 3 hours behind a hill, suddenly appears the Andean Cordillera, whose snowy peaks cut into the blue sky. And in the foreground, the Lago Argentino. We are getting closer ... here is the small town of El Calafate on the shores of the lake.
El Calafate is the gateway entrance to the National Park Los Glaciares, in the south-in which is situated the famous Perito Moreno glacier. We meet in Rio Gallegos Jacinta and Adam, a couple of Australians who travel from Sydney for a year and visit Chile and Argentina by car. No way they were not necessary papers to cross the border with Chile and get the vehicle as provided in Ushuaia, they were found here in El Calafate. So, we went to see them yesterday with the glacier Perito Moreno. Los Glaciares Park is located about 60 km west of El Calafate. The road to get there is wonderful. It follows that the Lago Argentino rolls up around the Peninsula Magallanes. With its 1600 km2, the lake is the largest in Argentina and the 3rd of South America. We are amazed by the glacier Perito Moreno in that we start seeing al the road. A series of walkways and balconies allows several levels of s to approach closely. What about this show was breathtaking ... It has picnic front of the glacier and it is still whole after noon al ecouter et al observed (the after noon c is the best time because the bus tours come in the morning, after noon there is no longer big world). For the Perito Moreno lives: ice forms 2000 m in altitude but it is not growing, its mass remains stable because large sections of ice regularly fall of the wall in a deafening roar. Sometimes, the ice melts from below and c is extraordinary to see back to the surface like a huge whale, huge chunks of ice that then go adrift, like icebergs. The Perito Moreno belongs to the Patagonian Icefield 900 km long, divided between Chile and Argentina, which has 48 glaciers, Pio XI which we had seen since the boat Navimag during our crossing between Puerto Montt and Puerto Natales (see section on the crossing in 15-Navimag Chile) . As to the Perito Moreno, it is 15 km long and 5 wide and height above sea level Sea can reach 60m. A wonderfully simple.
On the Lago Argentino at the foot of El Calafate, many birds and flamingos. This March 18 we will walk in El Calafate. There is only one main street, very quiet with shops, restaurants ...
El Calafate is located 320 km northwest of Rio Gallegos and it took us 4 hours by bus to arrive. We were sitting in 1st place on the 2nd floor of the bus and were able to admire the scenery at leisure the famous Route 40 which starts just down to Rio Gallegos in Patagonia and back up al extreme northern Argentina. C is the road we'll go back step by step. No relief, extreme aridity of the steppe, a few tufts of grass or bushes buffeted by the wind. From time to time an arrow sign indicating the presence of an estancia, at the end of a dirt road unlikely, with a wooden gate in the middle of nowhere, flying with the wind. Quite small Patagonian ostriches with their thin legs hopping on both sides of the road. And after 3 hours behind a hill, suddenly appears the Andean Cordillera, whose snowy peaks cut into the blue sky. And in the foreground, the Lago Argentino. We are getting closer ... here is the small town of El Calafate on the shores of the lake.
El Calafate is the gateway entrance to the National Park Los Glaciares, in the south-in which is situated the famous Perito Moreno glacier. We meet in Rio Gallegos Jacinta and Adam, a couple of Australians who travel from Sydney for a year and visit Chile and Argentina by car. No way they were not necessary papers to cross the border with Chile and get the vehicle as provided in Ushuaia, they were found here in El Calafate. So, we went to see them yesterday with the glacier Perito Moreno. Los Glaciares Park is located about 60 km west of El Calafate. The road to get there is wonderful. It follows that the Lago Argentino rolls up around the Peninsula Magallanes. With its 1600 km2, the lake is the largest in Argentina and the 3rd of South America. We are amazed by the glacier Perito Moreno in that we start seeing al the road. A series of walkways and balconies allows several levels of s to approach closely. What about this show was breathtaking ... It has picnic front of the glacier and it is still whole after noon al ecouter et al observed (the after noon c is the best time because the bus tours come in the morning, after noon there is no longer big world). For the Perito Moreno lives: ice forms 2000 m in altitude but it is not growing, its mass remains stable because large sections of ice regularly fall of the wall in a deafening roar. Sometimes, the ice melts from below and c is extraordinary to see back to the surface like a huge whale, huge chunks of ice that then go adrift, like icebergs. The Perito Moreno belongs to the Patagonian Icefield 900 km long, divided between Chile and Argentina, which has 48 glaciers, Pio XI which we had seen since the boat Navimag during our crossing between Puerto Montt and Puerto Natales (see section on the crossing in 15-Navimag Chile) . As to the Perito Moreno, it is 15 km long and 5 wide and height above sea level Sea can reach 60m. A wonderfully simple.
On the Lago Argentino at the foot of El Calafate, many birds and flamingos. This March 18 we will walk in El Calafate. There is only one main street, very quiet with shops, restaurants ...
Monday, March 15, 2010
Air Rifles For Sale Derry
Rio Gallegos - 14 au 16 mars
We made a stop at Rio Gallegos, capital of the province of Santa Cruz, located on the Atlantic coast of Rio Gallegos al mouth. The city is essentially the breeding of sheep and its port activities. There is no great thing to do or see Rio Gallegos has but it took us 13 hours of bus to get up here already from Ushuaia. It s is stopped for a short step before leaving tomorrow March 16 to El Calafate rating Cordillera of the Andes.
The journey from Ushuaia has been very long, we left at 5am in the morning in freezing cold. It was back across the mountains and passes the pass over Lake Fagnano in the snow that covered the same route! Then again the scenery steppe and guanacos, the long dirt road Chilean coast, changing buses in Rio Grande, crossing in the opposite direction of the Strait of Magellan ... As there is only one road leads to the end of the world, nor has it that one and the same to go back, necessarily! The worst was the waiting lines at borders For he must leave to return to Argentina to Chile, and out again back in Argentina. And yes, Tierra del Fuego is divided between the two countries still bicker over their borders. Nothing is done to facilitate our transition from one al another. Each time, wait, get off the bus, queuing, paperwork for immigration to stamp his passport ... The worst is yet to return to Chile (so that there would emerge a few km away), he had to go to the baggage scanner because customs officers are hunting for agricultural products, it is important not to carry fruit and other foodstuffs under penalty of fine. Even the dogs are on hand to sniff! 
We made a stop at Rio Gallegos, capital of the province of Santa Cruz, located on the Atlantic coast of Rio Gallegos al mouth. The city is essentially the breeding of sheep and its port activities. There is no great thing to do or see Rio Gallegos has but it took us 13 hours of bus to get up here already from Ushuaia. It s is stopped for a short step before leaving tomorrow March 16 to El Calafate rating Cordillera of the Andes.
The journey from Ushuaia has been very long, we left at 5am in the morning in freezing cold. It was back across the mountains and passes the pass over Lake Fagnano in the snow that covered the same route! Then again the scenery steppe and guanacos, the long dirt road Chilean coast, changing buses in Rio Grande, crossing in the opposite direction of the Strait of Magellan ... As there is only one road leads to the end of the world, nor has it that one and the same to go back, necessarily! The worst was the waiting lines at borders For he must leave to return to Argentina to Chile, and out again back in Argentina. And yes, Tierra del Fuego is divided between the two countries still bicker over their borders. Nothing is done to facilitate our transition from one al another. Each time, wait, get off the bus, queuing, paperwork for immigration to stamp his passport ... The worst is yet to return to Chile (so that there would emerge a few km away), he had to go to the baggage scanner because customs officers are hunting for agricultural products, it is important not to carry fruit and other foodstuffs under penalty of fine. Even the dogs are on hand to sniff!
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