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Travel Blogs from Esquel
Chalten to Chile's Carretera Austral and back
... our destination for tonight. We did stop to marvel at Cerro Castillo, and for daddy to say “look at that view” at least a billion times. At the village of Cerro Castillo we stopped for a snack in a cool little restaurant which was based in a bus with a view to die for (even if the kids found the Simpson on TV more interesting).
Arrived in Coyhaique in good time to check out the plaza, the usually over useful ...
Reveil dans le desert
Le 18/04, anniversaire a Helene, le bus part a 3h du matin pour Gwer Aike, on avait négocié pour être déposé au croisement et la vendeuse était d'accord et nous a vendu les billets pour le même prix qu'un croisement se trouvant 100km avant.Tot le matin, on lève le pouce, Ricardo s'arrête au controle de police et on part le voir. Il nous prend toute la journée jusqu'a un croisement ...
Andes there (ha ha)
... information, just like an airport.
Anyway, knowing that I was in for a 20 and a half hour bus ride I had booked myself in the luxury class. The coaches are double deck and have nice big seats. There are only 3 across, two then the aisle, and then the other seat. The upstairs seats fold back flat and when combined with the foortrest make a flat surface on which you can stretch out and sleep. And sleep I did. They also provide snacks, ...
Esquel
... sont passés par ici ...)
De la ville elle même, nous ne garderons que le souvenir de notre sympathique logeuse Marta, et des mochileros du monde entier rencontrés dans sa cuisine!
Par contre, à seulement une heure de route, nous découvrons le parc national Los Alerces qui contraste totalement avec le paysage de steppe qui l'entoure. Le long du chemin s'offrent à nous des lacs de montagne aux ...
Going back to Argentina!
... 40km to Trevelin were in very challenging conditions; it was hot, no shadow available due to being in La Pampa again, the dirt road was in really bad conditions and the dust was really thick from all the cars passing by. As the road was so difficult to bike on, I wonder if the Chilean and Argentinean road maintenance departments set up a competition about which side of the border will have the worst dirt road. Hard to tell who would be the ...
Other places to stay in Esquel
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Terrazas De Esquel
Belgrano 1426, Esquel | Ranch
