Buenos Aires
This is a city of character, of flavour and of history. I’ll be upfront – I didn’t see everything I wanted to. I didn’t see any tango – it’s a damn shame and a reason to return – but I did meet the people. I slept in their houses, ate meals with them, drank...
Read MoreHike – El Bolsón
El Bolsón is surrounded by mountains with la cordillera to the west, and impressive peaks to the east. Leon (my couch host in El Bolsón) and I decided on la cordillera – choosing a circuit of four days, three nights, hiking from refugio to refugio in the region which I think is called Región...
Read MorePlaya Muñoz
After ‘re-arriving’ in Bariloche from a week in Osorno buying a new camera and trekking in Parque Nacional Puyehue a weekend of camping was organised with Agustina (my first host in Bariloche), Sarah, my travelling companion from Ecuador and her friend Susana from Mar del Plata in Argentina – and a whole lot of...
Read MoreCerro Campanario
There are many beautiful places in the greater Bariloche area – but from the top of Cerro Campanario one can see a ‘typical’ poster image – mixing elements of lake, mountains and forests into one grand spread. There are two ways up: chairlift or on foot in half an hour on a very steep...
Read MoreSan Carlos de Bariloche
San Carlos de Bariloche, a popular tourist haunt all year round. In summer for its hiking/camping/day-trip options in the stunning natural beauty which surrounds it, and in the winter for it’s proximity to great ski slopes. This is tourist, chocolate, ice-cream, outdoor heaven with a resident born and bred Barilochean population of about 10...
Read MoreChile to Argentina
We left Niebla on a cool morning for a day of hitch-hiking, destination: San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. A bus from Niebla to Valdivia, another bus to the outskirts of Valdivia and then a raised thumb. Fifteen minutes later we had a ride to La Unión, close to the main north-south highway in Chile....
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