The Love Camp
Trip Start
Sep 2005
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32
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Trip End
Sep 2006
Rio Gallegos,
Argentina
Monday, January 23, 2006
There were 2 other rivers that you must fish if you're in Patagonia. They are also famous for their incredibly windy conditions. A serious amount of car doors must get broken in this area. In Rio Gallegos I met another guy who loved Hairy Edeems, the Jefe. I stayed in a campsite smack bang in the middle of an industrial estate, which turned out to be a bit of "love camp". I ended up in Cupids corner, sandwiched between two tents of reckless romantics. When I was putting my tent up I noticed a lot of slaps, giggles and squeeky kisses. I didn't mind these guys, they were like a couple from a Carry-On film. The couple on my other side were a bit harder to stomach. At one stage you'd have thought they were filming a porno movie in there. She was a real screamer, he was a very heavy breather. And for afters he sang her a lullaby. This last touch was just too much
01 Rio Gallegos trout
. So I started an extra smoky BBQ. In no time at all there was lots of tuts and zipper noises. The screamer even had the cheek to come out and ask me if I was going to take long. Frank Sinatra mustn't have know the words of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes".Unfortunately the rivers were out of season at this year, but the scenery was still fairly spectacular. While the wind was terrible in Rio Gallegos it was worse in Santa Cruz. There were times when you had to get ready to drop down to all fours in case you got blown away. The worst was yet to come. In Commodoro the winds should have names. On my second night the campsite was decimated. When I got out of my tent the next morning the campsite looked like some disaster area on CNN. Lots of tents were completely destroyed. Luckily for me I got away with a few split tent-poles. Nothing that couldn't be repaired with a roll of duct tape and a few empty fairy liquid bottles, 3 coat hangers and a corn flakes box. She's as good as new. In fact, better than new.
