March 14, 2008 After a late start–like all the starts on this trip, Anders has been sleeping until 8:30 or 9:00!–we dropped off some laundry and headed back into the national park for a little hike. The trail up Cerro Llao Llao is short, but quite steep and at the top there are wonderful views …
March 13, 2008 The trail we hiked today is Sendero (trail) de los Arrayanes (a type of myrtle). It’s in the National Park Nahuel Huapi and basically winds from Puerto Pañuelo to Lago Moreno through a lot of bamboo, an arrayanas forest and some coihues. Plus there were great views of Lago Moreno and the …
March 12, 2008 Henry left today which makes me very sad. Glad for him that he gets to see another part of Argentina, and this is after all a work trip for him. It was such fun to travel with him, though. (If you haven’t checked out their website click here. And if you want …
March 11, 2008 After three nights in Villa la Angostura we headed back around Lago Nahuel Huapi to Bariloche. But, not before driving up to a small ski area called Cerro Bayo. The Foder’s Guide says the name means bay-colored mountain, but we think the “Bayo” refers to the view of the bay. The Fodor’s …
March 10, 2008 From Villa la Angostura it is only 40 km to the Chilean border, so we figured we’d give it a look. We drove around the lake a bit more and then headed toward a low pass in the mountains. I had this vision that we’d be getting high into the Andes by …
March 9, 2008 Just be glad you weren’t in the room next to us last night. Sweet little Anders woke up screaming 10 or so times. I sort of miss the jet lag and fever that allowed him to sleep 12 hours straight…. We got up at the break of 9:30 anyway and got ready …
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March 8, 2008 😛 Updated with photos 😛 I’m sitting in a café in Villa de Angostura with the intention of adding pictures from yesterday. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera yesterday and took pictures with Henry’s camera, which is back at the cabaña with Henry and Anders. Yesterday, Anders was feeling pretty badly; he’d been …
March 6, 2008 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SCOTT!!!!! It was a long four flights, but after two days of travel, Anders and I made it to San Carlos de Bariloche (known simply as Bariloche). Henry met us at the airport which garnered a huge smile from Anders–and me. Turns out the people of all nationalities love Anders–maybe …
As the raft bounced and bobbed through the umpteenth rapid of the day, I suddenly found myself in the air, then in the water beside the boat, then under the boat and popping up on the other side. My brother, Scott, leaned over the gunnels, grabbed my PFD and pulled me back in, saying, ”You …
As Chocolate poles his boat through the water around Swallow Caye a doughy manatee nose suddenly pokes through the water next to the boat. These are the creatures that sailors once mistook for mermaids? They’re cute, but hardly sexy. Lionel ”Chocolate” Heredia has been guiding manatee tours since 1968, but his enthusiasm for these animals …
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