In order to see the Argentine lake country, we signed up for a day excursion on the Road of the Seven Lakes, the Ruta de Los Siete Lagos. The excursion was in a Sprinter van, conducted in both English and Spanish, with stops for photo opps and exploration. Technically, the route goes from Angostura to San Martin de los Andes, but since we started in Bariloche, we also got to see rather more of Lago Nahuel Huapi. Huapi is a giant lake, but I think we have now sailed or driven past most all of it. In any case, the seven lakes are: Dopey, Sneezy, Grumpy... wait, no, Machonico, Escondido, Correntoso, Espejo, Lacar, Falkner, and Villarino. We had our longest stop in San Martin de los Andes, enjoying another great
parilla lunch, but the town we found most intriguing was Angostura, where we had a brief stop. Jan. 26.
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Click to enlarge: leaving Bariloche, a Romulus and Remus and the She-wolf
sculpture in a park by the lake; much Italian culture and heritage in Argentina |
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| Nahuel Huapi |
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| Looking back to San Carlos de Bariloche |
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| Catedral, under which we hiked the previous day |
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| El Tronedor, again |
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In Angostura, log architecture and log art everywhere; typical of the lake country,
and Patagonia, if more pronounced in this pretty little town |
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| Now starting the Seven Lakes proper |
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In 2012-2013, one of the Chilean volcanoes erupted and inundated this area with
more than a meter of ash; it took months too clear it all out, first in the towns,
then on the road; this is some of the residue |
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| Big trees all around |
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| We figured this must be called Castle Mountain |
