La Escondida de la Patagonia Villa La Angostura

... the luck here as we did in Junin for accommodations. The place was called Residencial Nahuel. One day we left to go to the Parque Nacional Los Arrayanes and the Nahuel Huapi beach, which was beautiful, the lake water was just as clear as the Caribbean! While we were there we stopped at this place and had a few beers outside. Then we noticed him...out of the corner of my eye I saw this massive black thing - it was a dog. One of the biggest dogs ...

... 63 past Lago Meliquina and we see the village of Meliquina with a few restaurants that would have been nice for lunch. We continue on past the village. So far on this trip, we have driven on two different types of roads, as indicated on our driving map. There has been the red or "paved" roads, the red and white or "unpaved" roads, and now we are on white or a "dirt" road. So far the road appears to be fine and well marked ...

... choices. We decide to walk around town and pick up a light dinner in the town of Villa La Angostura. As we are walking through the lobby, we meet Andre and the Chef, all dressed in impeccable whites, who asks Harvey about his lactose intolerance. When making the reservation at El Faro, they had asked us about any dietary concerns, and we now learn that they actually did communicate this information. The chef said that he had specially ...

... but we soon abandoned that when we both nearly fell over the barrier! So we retreated back to Pudu and watched the amazing dusky pink sky turn to flames of orange before developing in to calm shades of blue! We then all went to bed as the guests got up for breakfast! The next day the Santa Rosa snow storm hit the town and hit us bad! The snow came and fell and it didn't stop! We were covered and snowmen appeared every where! It was fantastic! So we decided to head out to the casino ...

... media Lunas (suesse Gipfeli), farewell Lunch jeden Freitag, gemeinsamer Ausgang, persoenliche Gespraeche in den Pausen,...da koennte sich so manche Sprachschule (welche ich bis jetzt besuchte) eine fette Tranche abschneiden! --> www.ecela.com In meinem normalen Klassenunterricht, in welchem wir meistens nur zu zweit oder ich alleine war, lernte ich einiges in castallan (argentinischen spanisch) und bin jetzt hoffentlich ...

... job! WHAT!!!?? Melanie in good haircut shocker!! Wow, once I styled it and looked at it properly it was alright. It looked really healthy and trendy and shiny and I think it made me look a little younger! Hey, I can even go so far as to say it's a little Rock n' Roll! So, I decide to venture out and show my new cut in public, hoping that I would get lots of compliments! Of course I did, from those who knew I was getting my haircut, they would never say ...

... an extra day there, we decided to do one more thing (gosh, we'd been so flat out the whole time....!) so we took the bus 10km up the road to Cerro Campanario, another mountain/volcano. I convinced ray to walk up it and get the chairlift down (he hasn't forgiven me for it yet) and it was basically STRAIGHT up. Tough work, but only bout 40mins. At the top there was another restaurant, this one more quaint and cosy than the Cerro Otto one, and with 360 views ...

... ziet die je bijna helemaal kunt openklappen tot een soort ligstand. Nou, en dan kun je best aardig slapen hoor! We kwamen dus behoorlijk uitgerust in het schattige hippiedorpje El Bolson aan. We reserveerden een kamer in een hostal die we in de Lonely Planet hadden zien staan (ook echt weer TE schattig) en gingen enthousiast de buurt verkennen. Hier moest gefietst worden, dat was duidelijk. We liepen een fietsverhuur winkeltje tegen het ...

... on our way to Villa La Angostura. The drive into Argentina was nothing short our stunning, the twisty turning road, massive mountains and beautiful clear blue lakes, were breathtaking and as we walked around the wooden alpine buildings that lined the main street we couldn`t help but feel pleased that we had opted to stop here rather than continue straight to Bariloche. Looking for a hostel we suddenly realised that neither of us had a clue what the ...

... a few of the legendary gaucho (local cowboys). Driving through San Martín de los Andes and along the spectacular Seven Lakes Route to Villa La Angostura, that image was soon replaced by cool and clear, pristine glacial lakes; architecturally designed, alpine homes and cabins; several different types of native forests; and numerous sparkling waterfalls. Of course, being the middle of "summer holidays" in Argentina meant that we were sharing the campsites, parks and vistas with hordes ...