Patagonia part - tres

lago buenos aires
Asodo (barbeque) with firends from france, serbia, sapin and argentina.
logo buenos aires
lago buenos aires - los antigos







parque Los Aleces

Camping in parque Los Aleces


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From el bolson I literally had to force myself out . It was addictive and was hard not to settle down there. The ills of traveling.
From there I headed to Esquel. At the bus stand (fast becoming my favorite place to meet women) I meet zoe. French is every which way we travelled together for the next 10 days. Camping together, sharing wine at the bus stand, kayaking, barbeque – company is always good.
Our first stop was esquel. A sleepy town with many wood and stone chalet-style building. There is not much to do in the town except for getting drunk on cheap argentine wine (less than 150rs) and walking on the streets or rather in our case getting lost on the streets. The only reason backpackers come to esquel is to go to park national los aleces, and that’s where i headed the next day.
One of the best national parks in Argentina, entry inside is steep but where there is a will there is a way. Zoe spoke Spanish and I pretended to be asleep when the park official came inside the bus to sell the entry ticket. She said I was from salta- north part of Argentina hence my dark skin and I saved over 1500rs. Not bad I say.
Camping again but this time the campsite was nothing short of paradise. Next to the lake, bright sunny sky and its beer and barbeque time in Argentina. The park is a collection of spry creeks, verdant mountains and mirror lakes resonates as unadulterated Andes. Inside this Park there are many hikes, as well as some for vehicles, horseback rides and cycling. Don’t miss it if you head to Patagonia. And don’t forget lazing around on the beach.
Two days later we headed to los antigos. An oasis town in the andes overlooking the spectacular spectacular lago Buenos aires. The different hues of water, lagoons around the lake and you fall in love with Patagonia all over again. Zoe and me meet more friends in the municipal camping ground. No the cleanest bathrooms but dirt cheap. Probably the cheapest camping in Patagonia.
Apart from the lake there is not much to see here. The town grows cherries and strawberries so the order of the day was to drink cherry and strawberry wine. Unfortunately the town does not have very good bus connections and we were stuck there for 3 days.
But like always traveling has a surprise and we meet fellow campers from Serbia, Spain and Argentina who were hitchhiking from Buenos aires and the result was three days of barbeque, and wine. Card games, soccer and I even taught them how to play cricket.