La Tour D'Argent Esquel

San Martin 1063 Esquel, Province of Chubut, Patagonia, 9200, Argentina

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A stop off before the journey south - Esquel

A travel blog entry by jonnyandjanette

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... and very dry plains of empty land so pretty isolated. It seems to be the main town for miles with plenty outdoor shops, some bars and restaurants and hostels. However it does again seem to be in a bit of a time warp. Old school shopfronts and bars, a good bit of graffiti and a hairdressers every three shopfronts. As our first glimpse into a real Argentinean town, we both like it (as I imagine America in the 80s).

The next ...

Patagonischer Herbst

A travel blog entry by pura-vida

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... dies, der Rio Negro ist auch die Grenze zu Patagonien!

"Was? Ihr wollt um diese Jahreszeit noch bis Ushuaia? Patagonien wird bereits viel zu kalt sein!" Dies und ähnliches mussten wir bereits von einigen Reisenden, welche uns vom Süden her entgegen kamen, anhören lassen. Doch die Realität war im Moment noch ganz anders, denn die Sonne schien und das Thermometer zeigte 28 ...

Passage eclair

A travel blog entry by myju

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Apres avoir un peu galere et attendu 2 jours pour trouver un bus pour partir d'El Chalten, nous avons enfin trouve un bus pour le depart.

Et quel voyage ! Depart le 23 mars a 22h15 .... et arrivee le 25 mars a 3h du mat !! Un peu long quand meme !
Ce voyage a ete une epopee. Nous avons emprunte la "route 40", qui relie le Sud au Nord de l'Argentine en traversant la Patagonie. Sauf qu'en Patagonie, la route ...

Escape from Esquel

A travel blog entry by joneisner

... entirely. NOT impressed. So we walked
around all day from closed bus station, to tourist information office
that couldn´t get a hold of the bus company, to closed travel agency,
back to closed bus station and on and on until we finally got someone
who we could pay and get a voucher from, but who couldn´t guarantee us
that there were going to be seats on the bus, lol. I´ve never felt so
capable of ...

Another victim of ruta 40

A travel blog entry by fricke

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... ish) ditch, pinning it by us and then launching back off the curbside onto the road and peeling out in the mud and down the hwy (receiving huge cheering from the crowd). So we were stranded in the absolute middle of nowhere with 4 hours in any direction to the next settlement. We slept on the bus for the second night in a row. In the morning we all pitched in digging big rocks out of the mud and ...