HOME

              

 

            Chile/Argentina Border to C. Rivadavia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            This was by far the most amazing border scenery I've ever seen.  Border crossings always include two distinct points; leaving one country and entering the next.  Between these two points is usually a river or other border marking and the gap is anywhere from a couple hundred yards to a couple of miles but this crossing was unique.  After finishing the border technicalities of leaving Chile, in their Puyehue National Park, the road passes through 20 miles of landscape, that reminded me of Yosemite National Park mixed with the Grand Tetons, before reaching the entry point to Argentina in their Nahuel Huapi National Park which continues on through San Carlos de Bariloche and beyond [and no, I can't pronounce either park.  I asked a girl at one of the hotels to pronounce them for me and the sounds that came out of her mouth just made me laugh].

            This page starts with some of the greatest scenery on the trip and ends with Comodoro Rivadavia, a crappy little petroleum town on the east coast.  Chronologically the next set of pictures from the trip would be Tierra del DeBen 1.

Click on the image and meet me in Buenos Aires for Tango lessons.

 

Just the beginning of great scenery.

Middle of park. If you look close you can see that the "seconds" reading on my GPS differs from the sign, I wonder who's right??

What an amazing road to ride!

I included the bike in many pictures.

Maybe Suzuki will by them for advertisements? I doubt it.

Most of the better scenery is on the Argentinean side of the park.

Mirror Lake

The town of Villa La Angostura is another 1-2 miles down the road. It's a very comfortable, cozy little ski resort town.

Same lake from previous picture.

The hotels were very reasonable because in late March it's too cold for summer water sports and too early for skiing.

Next day, heading south from Angostura toward Bariloche, a short and scenic trip.

Yeah, scenic.

San Carlos de Bariloche, there's lots of rustic woodsy type of buildings in this great little city.

"Kids, time for lunch!!"

One of the focal points in town.

Mouses veiw inside the cathedral.

"Mamuschka" it's just such a fun word to say out loud, try it! I don't know what it is but I think I'll name all my kids Mamuschka.

Leaving Bariloche, it's on the left.

The next shots are between Bariloche and Esquel.

Still in Nahuel Huapi National park, which continues for another 30 or so miles after Bariloche.

Cool.

2000 km marker to Ushuaia? It was worth a picture.

Dig it.

What? wait, woah, ehhhh, yeah, okay I get it.

On a bridge near the south end of the park.

A sign in Esquel. The more remote you get the more of these types of signs you see.

This is pretty much what it looks like between Esquel and Comodoro Rivadavia, the planes of Patagonia, except the road is paved most of the way.

Beach at Comodoro Rivadavia.

It's a thing that goes down to the water to get stuff, probably from boats. Stick with me I know all the details.

This is a smaller, fiberglass version of the boats I was on, crabbing in Alaska, through college as a summer job.

Maybe the three different branches of military? Not sure.

You can tell it's a crappy town when their "man on a horse" monument is covered in graffiti.

Sewage line at C. Rivadavia's other beach.

Duck.

I don't know what kind of bird this was but it had a very unique look.

The ducks were hard to get close to and always flew away.

Comodoro Rivadavia from the sewage line at low tide.