Le Village San Martin de los Andes

... pooh groupings traversing the valley floor. It's probably the only sign of seeing a deer, unless lucky, downwind, quiet and we take them by surprise, so I offer a piece of wisdom. When one sees Deer, which in itself is a lucky thing to happen, especially four does and a stag, don't shout "DEER" at the top of your voice to the five teammates in front of you who are close enough to here you whisper, for them to look up shouting" where", when the shout has ...

... and follow the taxi into town. I think you can tell a lot about a place by looking at the animals that inhabit it, and the 2 dogs that demoniacally chase me around the city square in pursuit of my blood is not exactly material for Chilean tourism. It does however make for a funny souvenir video for Shawna who captures the pandemonium on her camera. These dogs just do it for sport it turns out...as soon as the motorcycle engine is turned off, they lose all interest and return to ...

... think that perhaps it is not real, and the backdrops are actually painted on - you really do have to pinch yourself and realise that round every corner is something else that will make you go WOW! As we mentioned in the previous blog, we decided to hire a car and see some of the surrounding area. So our first trip was to El Bolson, which is about 123km from Bariloche and apparently a stopping point for any UFO in the South American air space. The town itself is just ...

... romantic! Staying at the Rio Hermoso Hotel is a real treat and a rare find! Read more about our experience in the surrounding area of Rio Hermoso Hotel: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-en tries/journeyer/2/1229650920/tpod.html? tweb_UID=journeyer Be sure to read days 16-21 Read about Lake District Itinerary and Planning Resources: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-en tries/journeyer/2/1228834500/tpod.html

... We return to our room. After our arrival yesterday, Harvey got our laptop on the hotel's internet satellite connection. He had to do a little bit of solution-finding with the router and our laptop settings. Today, the iphone has mysteriously dropped the Spanish dictionary application. Harvey is now on-line looking into a resolution. Harvey really does enjoy the analysis and figuring out a solution. He is having fun. I continue my ...

... begruesste er den Taxifahrer (den er kannte) und uns (zum Glueck) auf Deutsch. Zu dieser tollen Einladung kamen wir dank Rafi, bzw Martin der mit Rafi das Semi besuchte und der Sohn des genannten Beat's ist. Beat fuehrte uns zu seiner von ihm sogenannten Pfadfinderhuette, welche ihm als angestellter Parkwaechter zu Verfuegung gestellt wird. Danach fuhren wir mit dem Dienstwagen (die wohl robusteste Lotterkiste Argentiniens) durch den Park. Dieser ...

... dogs and we had a few walks up some big hills..... Was quite amazed to find lots of local indigenous communities living up in the hills surrounding San Martin... as we descended for the day, little old ladies were trudging back up the mountain, shopping in hand..... Don't they know Cole's home delivers now??? Next stop is back to Mendoza for a 2 week language course..... Until then.....

... flew alongside the boat and were snatching crackers from the outstreached hands of the passengers. Once we arrived in Puerto Blest, we were all assigned to groups to complete the waterfall walk. Unfortunately our group was a large Spanish group and after struggling with the translation of various types of flora and fauna, we ditched our tour group and completed the 750 staircase waterfall walk by ourselves - much ...

... place it was later than we'd expected, after 10pm!<br> <br>We walked across town to Katie's choice of eating establishment only to find it closed, so we walked back towards our accommodation keeping our options open. <br><br>We settled on a very busy but basic hamburger place that also did pizzas, which was ok for cheap eats and then headed back, ready for another ...

... overgedaan op een mountainbike trail over een schiereiland....en nu rusten we uit (ik heb overal spierpijn, Bart heeft uiteraard nergens last van). We maken ons op voor nieuwe plannen: wordt het paragliden of vliegvissen...of gaan we toch al verder naar het zuiden. Daar wachten gletsjers, raftrivieren en het beroemde Parque Torres del Paine op ons. Wie zal het weten...eerst maar even zonnen bij het meer. Tot later!