Residencial Italia 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 ...

... border takes us 3.5 hours - twice as long as we had thought. Hard work, but not a patch on what our cyclist friends have to endure. You can tell the force of the wind by looking at the water...white tops mean it's blowing pretty hard. Our view of the Rio Grande shows up as a dirty green and white houndstooth check. Any kitesurfer out there today would probably be implanted in Jupiter by now. At the border to Chile, a Polish couple come up to us and check we are OK. They are ...

... Hotel, you get the feel of a personal home. With only six guestrooms, the property does look like a private estate. It is located on a large piece of property, facing the Rio Hermoso (Hermoso River). Knowing that there are no other accommodations or buildings in the area, that it is situated all by itself on the river, gave us this feeling of psychological as well as physical space. No matter where you are, you will ...

... we return to our room, Harvey has two important findings: 1. With the power loss, we lost our connection to the internet. Harvey had found a streaming website for one of his favorite television shows, House, and had set it to stream. Harvey takes a break from his solution-finding to go to the bathroom and finds... 2. We have no running water and the toilet does not flush. We go downstairs to report this and find that the generator ...

... functioning that has caused alarm and set off a series of medical tests, finding no cause. I am only 59 years old! I have often been frustrated with myself and frequently mourning the loss of how I functioned in the past. In comparison, now I feel far less chatter in my mind, as I live in the present. With deliberate concentration, I can focus my attention on the past or future, but the norm for me is the now, where I am at the moment. Thoughts of ...

... not the only ones - as we leave we are followed by an Italian guy who, with his Spanish girlfriend is also trying to do the same thing. They helpfully point out that it is much cheaper at Hertz and ask if we are interested in sharing the car and cost. We go for coffee to have a chat about it and, as it seems that they want to do visit the same places, we decide to do it together and then pop around to the Hertz office and sign ...

... I to know what safety lash was? But some how, yet again, my highly developed miming skills saved the day and we got what we needed and finally got on the chair lift and headed up into and then above the clouds. I have to admit that I have never been to a more beautiful and breathtaking resort before as Cerro Catedral! The resort towers above the huge icy blue lake below and is smack bang in the middle of craggy, pointy, guttery, ragged peaks of granite blue and ...

... Morgen gehts nach Contulmo, einem kleinen, huebschen Dorf mit B**gen und einem See. Hi** haben sich viele Deutsche im 19 Jhrt nied**gelassen, und das m**kt man am Essen (Kuchenes!), d** Architectur und vielem mehr. Leid** v**passen wir die 'Kolonisations' Party... Wir besichtigen dann eine ruca, eine traditionelle Huette, d** Mapuche Indian**. Wir l**nen viel ueb** ihre Geschichte und Kultur, leid** ist es eine aehnlich traurige Situation wie in Australien und ...

... bank to get onto a rough path of sorts, so we figured this must be the right way up to the viewpoint. It also had a nice view back over the beach.



We kept walking for about 30 minutes, always uphill. After managing to talk Katie out of taking various smaller paths leading up to the top of the hill ("I'm SURE it's this one Al", etc...), I soon managed to find ...

Junin De Los Andes as I stated in the previous entry is the point to leave for Lanin. We arived late and pitched our tent illegally by a river. There were thousands of mosquitos but it was a good site with fresh running water. We arived here at 9pm just as the sun was starting to dip. It gave me chance to eat a great burger and have a scout around for a good spot for the tent which was hidden enough before the sun went down ...