Monte Verde San Martin de los Andes

... the life out the deer and they run off......like I did!!!!! Hahaha Ten weeks of 20km hikes, camping on the saddle of stunning passes, camp sites that we fall upon and tuck in for the night under star filled nights. Maybe porridge for breakfast maybe pancakes. Tracking wild boar, watching Parakeets and a duck trek too. 30 varieties of Donald duck to learn, and it all looks so easy when in a book. On a lake, it's completely different to make out what ...

... standard butt snifffing, scrotum licking antics of their peers. Wednesday Jan 21st START: 5161 km FROM: Punta Arenas (CHI) TO: Puerto Natales (CHI) FINISH: 5322 km Thankfully there is no segway that could or should be made from the term "scrotum licking". The beds may have cost us $80 but oh were they worth it. Having slept like logs we rise late, say our goodbyes to our new friend and run around town in search of tyres for the bike. Given that most people around here drive around in ...

... you would imagine a South American town to look, low rise buildings, old clapped out trucks, dusty roads and dogs chasing any passing vehicle. A very hick town indeed, and we both loved it. However the winner from my perspective perhaps was that the town has its own brewery, and we had a chance to sample some of its wares (Lorraine was driving, so I sampled more . . . nothing new there then) - now trying to work out how to get a few crates back to England! On the ...

... turnaround, park and walk down to the lake. I take a big deep breath of the fresh air and the drink in the beauty! We stroll along the stone beach and gaze at the wild, rugged and snow covered mountains. We imagine how cold it would be in southern Patagonia, in Torres del Paine Park where we had considered going on this trip. We have lunch at a small restaurant on the Seven Lakes Route (we learn later that ...

... reading. There are two passages that are particularly speaking to me. · "Our real task is to develop spiritually. Your challenge is to be less concerned with time and more concerned with staying clear and focused. This means letting go of expectations and enjoying wisdom and mindfulness for its own sake, rather than attaching it to outside expectations." · "Infinite patterns are available to you. It is for you to decide which ...

... herrlich am Rande eines Sees, umgeben von Bergen. Diverses Rotwild lebt hier frei, wie auch in Gehegen fuer die Zucht. Einige davon sind ziemlich zutraulich, da sie sich an Beat und seinen Rennwagen gewohnt haben. Um am Abend nicht im Dunkeln zu sitzen mussten wir noch an verschiedenen Orten die Wasserzufuhr fuer das mini Wasserkraftwerk regeln. Eine Angelegenheit, die wohl jahrelange Erfahrung braucht. So hatten wir den ganzen Abend hell und dank des sog ...

I hadn`t meant to come to San Martin, it was just that it was the prettiest way of getting to Pucon without retracing my steps.. and it was pretty. Nothing as entrancing as Parque Pumalìn but it was a pleasant place to stop over. I chose the bus route from Bariloche that followed the 7 lakes road as I had that the area was something not to be missed. Unfortunately I was so spoilt previously by the stunning Carreterra Austral that, while it was pretty ...

... Bariloche is also famous for being the start of the 7 Lakes Route which ended in San Martin de los Andes our next stop. Our trip along this route was naturally full of beautiful lakes but by now, they were beginning to lose some of their magic (we worked out we had seen over 12 lakes in less than 3 days) so we decided it was time to leave the Lake District and head up North to Mendoza, the wine capital of Argentina.

... bus south tomorrow. <br><br>San Martin de los Andes is a charming little town with a stunning lakeside location and the perfect place to rest your head and relax if you're doing a similar journey in either direction, towards the Chilean coast from southern Argentina.<br><br>We can't wait to see what the Lake District has to offer next!<br><br><br>Lots of love, <br><br><br>Al &amp; Katie xx

Today was the day that I decided to menader over to Argentina to have a peek at the lakes on their side of the continent. From the little bitty town of Choshuenco, I hopped on a very full bus to a place called Puerto Fuy that had ferry service to Argintina via one of the millions of lakes in the area. On the buss we passed some lovely colbolt lakes and a fantastic emerald green ...