Sorry about the long delay between posts, but as the title of this entry suggests there were some extenuating circumstances. Last entry, I was planning to ride the 60km ´Circuito Chico´ by bicycle. I did. It almost killed me. The first 25km of this ride followed the main drag out to Hotel Llao Llao, reputed to be one of the most beautiful and in...

Our journey across country, mostly desert, from the east coast to the Andes, the western region of Argentina, makes a stop at Dique Ameghino. Dique is a dam or dyke and this lush little valley on the dammed side has a town and a large park where we camped along the river. The lake side is spectacular with the contrast of the red canyon and the d...

As ´normal´ in Argentina we were touched by the generosity of the Argentineans. A lovely lady in the supermarket who I joined in with dancing to the Christmas songs wanted us to try some quail's eggs but as they were not included in our budget we didn't by them. As we left the supermarket she handed us to cartons of eggs!! We jumped in the back ...

Leaving Puerto Natales in our dust we travelled to El Calafate for the Perito Moreno glacier. Even coming directly as we had from Antarctica this was pretty damn spectacular. The glacier face is formed by the confluence of three glaciers and travels to its face in Lago Argentina. The face of the glacier is 5km wide. It moves 2m per day(!) and th...

Having begun our Christmas shopping in Bariloche we headed out to El Bolson for the feria artesanal, a market where the local hippie community sells their wares. We picked up a few things including a samosa from a rather too hippiesh looking bloke but we didn't suffer any consequences later. The town of El Bolson itself isn't particularly attrac...