When we left Junin we faced 120 kph winds in the dessert to Zapala. We drove in 1st gear at 20 kph in some parts. 60 kph was light speed for the 2CV in that lonely place of the planet.

Day 41 (July 19th) Neuquen, Argentina After arriving in Nequen, we found out that the next bus to Mendoza didn´t leave till 8pm, which meant killing another day in a town that we had already been to, and there isn´t really much there in the first place! We caught a bus out to a dinosaur museum (there is a large concentration of dinosaur discover...

Neuquen We came to Neuquen to see the dinosaurs remains and unfortunately, it was slightly dissapointing... The sites were far from town and the only agency proposing an excursion was asking for a ridiculous amount of money. See our picture for the closest thing we got to a dinosaur. --------------------------------------- ----------------------...

Simon: Described as 'pleasant and attractive' in the guidebook, it became clear upon our arrival in Neuquen that the author could only have honed his aesthetic sensibilities during a lifetime spent in potato queues amongst the social housing of the former Soviet Union. Unbelievably, we yet again arrived in town on a Sunday morning, and, as alway...

Our week in Ñeuquen Here´s a post from argentina sorry for the delay. We spent the last week in Ñeuquen, Argentina. It is a city of about 300,000 people (a little larger than Providence, Rhode Island if you´re keeping score) about 10 hours north of our last stop, Esquel. On Tuesday morning we went looking for opportunities to volunteer at an orp...

Olemme taalla valtavan rumassa ja tylsassa kaupungissa tappamassa aikaa ennen kuin jatkobussi lahtee Mendozaan. Ensimmaisen kerran meidan siirtymiset ei onnistuneet ihan niin kuin olimme suunnitelleet. San Martin de los Andesista meidan oli alunperin tarkoitus ottaa kahdeksan tunnin bussi Temukoon, Chileen. sielta Santiagoon on sitten enaa toise...

1/2/05 I Arrived into Neuquen at 8.00am and spent the whole day looking round the shops. If your coming from Buenos Aires this is the start of the lake district, which contains a series of great lakes strung along the foot of the Andes. In the evening I caught the bus to San Martin De Los Andes which was 6 hours south. This was to be my worst bu...