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Esquel Slideshow
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Travel Blogs from Esquel, Argentina
Snowboarding Los Andes (Part III) - Esquel
This is a top pick! ... Regional Museum which had lots of old Welsh items from everyday items like old grammaphones to huge big steam tractors. Back in Esquel we also saw the 'Viejo Expreso Patagonico' (Old Patagonian Express) which is an old steam train running on the ...
All Steamed Up
This is a top pick! ... !! WOOOHOOOO!! With whistle blowing and a grand flourish of smoke, the Old Patagonian Express "La Tronchita" arrived back in Esquel Station from its thrice-weekly run to Mapuche. Until recently this was probably one of the few remaining narrow-gauge steam ...
Beyond Tierra del Fuego
This is a top pick! ... authorities and hanged, but not before his fame had spread far and wide and his exploits became legendary throughout Argentina. The roadside shrines are filled to overflowing with offerings - candles, money, cigarettes, clothes, photographs...even hair ...
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!
This is a top pick! Enjoy the short video! we miss everyone, take care. Lots of love Sven (James) & ...
"NO SHEEP FOR YOU!"
This is a top pick! ... . What´s up? As for me, let us begin by reviewing some of my crazier ideas for sustaining myself as I try to live temporarily in Argentina: PLAN A: Get a job in the city of Bariloche. PLAN B: Work as a cowboy on a farm. PLAN C: Start a two-man ...
NICE CRISIS, LET´S HAVE ANOTHER!
This is a top pick! ... I did! ... another MODERN ODDYSEUS´ TOP 5!!! Woohoo! To start ´er off, The Top 5 Worst Things About Argentina! 1. GOVERNMENT/POLITICS 2. CONSUMERISM OVER CULTURE - The joys of tango, folklore dancing, and the old rock music have ...
A stop off before the journey south - Esquel
Four hours south from Bariloche by bus to Esquel as a little stopover for our trip south – sounds simple. Not so simple when your bus is three hours late to the station 'because it's coming from Buenos Aires’ as if that was the simplest ...
Why didn't all the Welsh come here?
This is a top pick! ... successful in establishing a New Wales. The Welsh dragon is evident in flags that fly alongside the blue and white colours of Argentina; there are tea rooms and Welsh names amongst locals many of whom can trace their ancestry back to the hills north of ...
Esquel
... people there had to take a doggy bag out, but I´m proud to say that we didn´t need one. We caught a bus back to Esquel, rather caked out, and looking forward to our wild piggy dinner. When we got to the restaurant we were shown to a nice table ...
The last hurrah (for Argentina)
... are built in a hexagon with spokes at each corner. It is quite disorientating. The ice creams were pretty good, and the Welsh tea a big improvement on the Gaiman version, so we felt that we were leaving Argentina on a pretty good culinary ...
New Year argentinian style
05-12-26 I decided to fish and camp my way down to Trevellin, and hopefully get there for the new year. But first things first. Now that I had a rod again there was a great spot just about 2 hours away from Bariloche which had loads of trout. When I ...
Carratera Austral - Day 9
... us off at the border cause the guy worked there. We stamped our passports and said goodbye to Chile (for now) and walked to the Argentina border which is 10 minutes walk. We stamped our passports there too and waited again for a tremp that will take us to ...
In the cold
... some wilderness camping. Back on Tuesday night and we leave wednesday morning for Chiloe island, Chili. Samedi 30 Janvier Arrivée a Esquel doucettement en soirée (apres avoir gouté a de succulents chocolats de Bariloche dans le bus - je ne pouvais ...
Lake Region
I am on the final major (ie, need to fly) segment of my trip. It is a flight to the small town of Esquel. The Argentinean military airline of LADE is the only reasonable option. A bus will take at least 30 hours with some options (ie, sleeping in hotels) ...
Croeso I´r Wladfa!
... pris reit anfarth hefyd a deud y gwir, ond mi oedd o werth pob ceiniog! Ar o´l gwario gweddill y prynhawn a gyda´r nos yn Esquel, roedd hi´n amser i ddychwelyd yn ol i´r gwesty am wely cynnar, oherwydd roedd rhaid symud ymlaen y dydd ...
The Orient Express...ish
The last long distance train service in Argentina...complete with restaurant car, beds and ...
Time for a cuppa, Welsh style
From Puerto Madryn we got a night bus to Esquel close to the Chilean border. At one stage we noticed everyone on the bus was taking pictures on their cellphones out the window. Craning our necks, we saw the eclipse of the nearly full moon. ...
Nature trails have nothing to do with nature
... ? who needs em), so off we went to nearby Los Alerces National Park, home of Patagonian redwoods. Given that , in Argentina, New Years is an even bigger deal than Christmas in terms of closing of businesses, unavailability of services, and suspension ...
Parque Nacional los Alerces
With limited time, I opt for a tour of parque nacional los alerces, the focus of my stop here, rather than a trek. The entire tour is Spanish speaking except me. I can follow parts of the guide's talk but it is much too fast. I focus on the ...
Taqsa + Ruta 40 = near death experience
... border all the way to south Patagonia running parallel with the Andes to the west. One particular stretch running from El Chalten to Esquel is all unpaved and very remote for most of the journey. I was taking the route from El Chalten to Bariloche, a 30 ...
How do you pronounce "steppe"?
... were spectacular mountains to be seen but it pissed rain the whole way, so we all we saw was clouds. El Bolson is Argentina's answer to Nimbin, a town full of hippies and organic farms, with a nice semi-circle shaped town square (I know that's an ...
Christmas shopping
... , gateway to the Peninsula Valdes and some serious wildlife watching. This did give us time for a very bizarre lunch in Esquel. Having traipsed around everywhere looking for something that was open we came across a little Confiteria. Looking as though ...
Day 190: February 21, 2008 Caitén to Esquel
Day 190: February 21, 2008 Caitén to Esquel, Argentina Caitén was completely socked in with fog when we awoke. We slept very well and there was surprisingly little noise during the night. We dressed and checked out. Stopping first to gas up at the ...
Los Alerces
... much :) But he taught us how to say "good luck" (exidos) and showed us on a map the most beautiful place in Argentina in his opinion. We got to the Los Alerces Park. Alerce is a tree which grows up to 4000 years, and reaches up to 4m in ...
NP Los Alerces
Alerces sind die sueamerikanische Konkurrenz zu den Sequoias. (Es geht um sehr alte Baeume). Die sind bis zu 4000 Jahre alt und koennen Durchmesser bis zu 5 Meter erreichen! Es ist gerade Nebensaison, daher haben wir nur eine Option fuer den Besuch ...
Esquel
Wieder zurueck in den Anden wurden wir von extremen Windboeen und kalten Temperaturen begruesst. Esquel ist fuer uns hauptsaechlich ein kurzes Durchatmen vor der Touristenflut im Lake District (El Bolson und Bariloche). Juhuu, unser argentinisches ...
Esquel ....translated to "land of the quaking bog"
... town, I hugged the computer for the day, cathching up on news, and researching future destinations. On our other day in Esquel we took a day tour to the National Park Los Alecers, knowingly all spoken in Spanish. Picked up from our hostel at ...
Yet More Fish Tales...
... and bumped into yet another American. Todd was in the last two weeks of two months of trekking and fishing in Chile and Argentina. When not hitchhiking around Patagonia, he's a fly fishing guide working out of Sun Valley, Idaho and professional outdoor ...