Back in Argentina

From Futaleufu it was 10 kms (6 miles) of heaven, cycling on a very good paved road with only a few little hills. After that, there was the Chilean border and it was over with the good road. For a change it didn’t take another at least 10 kms (6 miles) to get to the Argentinian border. It was right around the corner. After that we had another 40 kms (25 miles) of very bad road to Trevelin.

We thought it couldn’t get any hottter than the days before. Wrong again. Indeed it could get hotter. The stretch to Trevelin was almost completely flat and kind of boring and also very, very hot. The temperature rose to almost 50˚C (around 110 F); in the sun, but that’s where we were cycling… It really wasn’t the type of weather to be cycling in, but we were already on our way and there was nothing there. Resting in the shade of a tree now and then was the only thing we could do. Fortunately is was flat terrain, if it had been hilly it would have been almost impossible to cycle in those conditions.

Finally we arrived in Trevelin, a larger town than we expected. And even better: a large supermarket! Found a campground, pitched the tent and went to the supermarket to get a cold drink.

The next day it had cooled off a little bit and there were some clouds. So we headed to the National Park Los Alerces where it must be beautiful according to many people. The heat came back quickly, but the first 40 kms (25 miles) were on paved road so it was good cycling. There is a (much) shorter route to the park, but that’s unpaved and we’d had enough of that so we decided to take the longer route. In spite of the climb, it wasn’t a bad choice. We found a campground at the beginning of the park and tried to cool off in the lake, but the water was cold and it had become cloudy with a strong wind.

Mooi

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