Aldea Bonita Villa La Angostura

... snow - other tourists were most unimpressed, we took the opportunity to test our snowball throwing prowess. Sadly the national park we came to see was closed due to the snow but we walked to the peninsula anyway for views of the lakes and the snow covered trees.

... on the trail. We go to the supermarket first and as we walk in the young man behind the desk says "hola" (hi) and we say "hola" and before we know it, Harvey & he have a conversation about where we are from and he offers us a drink of mate! We have read that you should never turn down an offer of mate, so we say "yes". Normally, my mind would say no because you are sipping from the same straw as a stranger. But I don't want to be an ugly ...

... dit was de broer van Maxima! Het eten was verrukkelijk en we hadden nog nooit zo´n lekker wijntje gedronken. Cas werd behoorlijk enthousiast, en de wijntjes vloeiden rijkelijk. We waren druk over van alles aan het praten toen op een gegeven moment Martin aan onze tafel kwam staan om ons in het Nederlands te groeten. Hallo, hoe ghaat ghet? Nouou! Is dat ff leuk! We maakten kort een praatje met hem en hij vertelde oa dat ie liever in de ...

Tuesday January 8th, bus to Neuquén The country was very pretty en route to the mining town of Zapala, with distant vistas of snow-capped mountains. It is mostly hilly grassland, with a few rivers, homesteads surrounded by Lombardy Poplar tree windbreaks, sheep and a few cattle, and the occasional gauchos on their horses. We passed a cliff that is home to condors, with a viewing area, but the condors were in hiding. From Zapala the road turned east, we lost the hills, and oil ...

... 94 degrees. Again, all overlooking the lake (even the sauna had a view of the lake!) We had a great dinner at Tinto Bistro that night. The next morning we slept in occassionaly waking up looking out at our view and falling back to sleep in our super cozy bed. After three days of 80 degree weather, today was overcast and a bit chilly. We ...

Day 41 (July 19th) Neuquen, Argentina After arriving in Nequen, we found out that the next bus to Mendoza didn´t leave till 8pm, which meant killing another day in a town that we had already been to, and there isn´t really much there in the ...

Day 35 (July 13th) Neuquen, Argentina Arrived in Neuquen, a modest town with not much touristy to do, apart from a concentration of dinosaur bones around the area. Nearby, it is possible to actually take part and dig for dinosaur bones and fosills. We inquired about it, but found out that it would be quite expensive and hard to get to the site without your own transport. On to Bariloche then ...

... due to some crevasses having opened up. He finally was able to make the attempt, but was kept from the summit by winds gusting to 100 knots. Sissy. After his cowardly retreat from Mt. Lanin, we spent his last day in Patagonia fishing the Rio Chimehuin. It was a less than ideal final day, as the fish just refused to cooperate, with each of us landing just a few, mostly small fish. The rest of the time I spent ...

Hey folks, it's me again, your unemployed fishing bum. As promised, nothing but fish tales ahead, so make sure you have a pillow handy... I picked up my rental in Bariloche, a Fiat Uno. It's reminiscent of the old VW Rabbit, but less luxuriously equipped if that's possible. But hey, the less equipment it's got the less there is to break, right? We (the Uno and I) rolled out of Bariloche and headed north into Nahuel Huapi National Park. A ...