Le Chatelet San Martin de los Andes

... where even the Guarda Parque haven't been for 2 years, transecting for signs of deer. Jasper caught rainbow trout, I had brought a lemon in expectation that he could catch fish, and we settled into a five day camp, transected by two small streams, a natural swimming pool made downstream from where they intersected, shaded under Araucaria trees. If someone once sang Heaven is a place on earth, well, we're camping through it here. As for Deer transects, we ...

... could not whack her dislocated knee back into place with a rafting oar during an expedition (or something like that), she is reluctantly limping back home to get repaired. It would be very easy to feel like the soft handed sissies we are in her company, but she is hilarious and the 3 hours of chunderous water crossing flies by with a barrage of funny stories and revelations on the origin of todays swear words. When we land in Punta Arenas at midnight, we take up her suggestion of ...

... Puerto Blest, which is right in the heart of the Nahuel Huapi National Park, and only a few miles away from the Chilean border (you can see the Andes as you travel up the lake . . . . . NO Andes on the end of the wristies jokes Please!). Once at Puerto Blest we had time to walk around and admire the stunning scenery, including a large waterfall in the heart of the woods. This is not a complaint, but the scenery here is so jaw dropping, that after a while you do start ...

... to go very far. We enjoyed our daily walks along the paths along the Rio Hermoso on the hotel property! If you are into flyfishing, just walk out the door! We found lots of perches to sit, read or have a casual snack: on the patio outside the great room, on the chairs on the lawn facing the river, in our room, on our terrace or on the couches by the fireplace. This is a quiet place, a place to rejuvenate. It is ...

... carefully looking they reveal themselves. We hear the sound of the river and birds. We lay back so we can look up and watch the clouds move in beautiful formations! It feels just feel like creation is happening right before us as clouds merge, disperse, touch one another and then separate. Like a dance! Changing every second! Always in motion! Like life. As we age, we learn to adapt and change. I want to let things flow and be part of the ...

... helfen. Die meisten der Pferde, Schafe, Hunde, Huehner, Gaense und Kuehe laufen hier frei in der Landschaft herum. Die zahlreichen Hinweistafeln, seinen Abfall bitte wieder mitzunehmen, wirken insofern, dass man fast nur Glasscherben leerer Bierflaschen sieht.....von wem die wohl sind? Wie am Morgen telefonisch abgemacht, nahmen wir am Abend ein Taxi zum Parque Diana. Dort erwartete uns schon Beat Affolter. In seinem herrlich breiten solothurnischen ...

... houses and strangely a small marina on its pint sized lake - think the P&O Fairstar in your kitchen sink.. another example of too many dollars and not enough sense.. We had a lovely dinner consisting of just about every regional specialty.... Sliced meat of boar, dear... cheeses, pate, venison curries, trout, salmon... and a few jatz crackers. Apart from courting the ...

... On our first day, we took the cable car up to Cerro Otto and watched a group of paragliders before visiting the revolving restaurant. We were quite inspired by the paragliders and promised that we would give it a go ourselves soon. The following day, we took a catamaran tour to visit Puerto Blest and Lago Frio, inside the national park. The trip started very early but was very pretty as we crossed several huge lakes ...

... about half an hour later. <br><br><br><br>Meanwhile the sun completed its journey west and as the skies darkened we headed back to call our Mums again. <br><br>Katie managed to speak to Pam this time (my Mum was still out) and then we caught up on email for a bit, while I plotted my latest astonishing piece of Fantasy Football sorcery.<br><br>By the time we got out of the ...

... Via een fantastische natuurpark zijn we de grens met Argentinie weer overgestoken. En alhoewel we een beetje bang waren dat de banden lek zouden gaan of we vast zouden komen te zitten, heeft onze GEK het volgehouden (alhoewel hij nu een wat raar geluid maakt...maar wat maakt het uit, het is een huurauto). Gisteren hebben we paardgereden over kleine bospaadjes en de meest mooie uitzichten gezien. Daarna het nog eens ...