Finally, it was already 11:30 am, we could leave Bariloche. First to Villa de La Angostura, about 85 kms (51 miles) away. We wanted to try and get there that day, but if we’d make it all depended on how the road would be. The only thing we knew was that it was paved.
The route turned out to be very beautiful. In the beginning pretty flat, but later it got more hilly. Again alongside lakes but also a part through a pretty dry world. A big difference from the other side of the lake where Llao Llao is. We made it nice in time to Villa de La Angostura so it was a very good day. The town is very nice, a bit of a ski atmosphere. A lot of stores, restaurants and terasses.
The next day we left the town again for a 2-day trip on the Seven lakes route. The beginning went very well; nice tarmac but many short and steep hills. After 27 kms (16 miles) the fun was over, from there on they were paving it which meant about 30 kms (18 miles) bad and unpaved road through a not so very interesting environment. Back on the Carretera Austral for a while. And it was very, very dusty! It didn’t take long for us to be dusted all over again.
At the last possible moment we met Gijs and Karen again. They had taken a different route from the Carretera Austral and were coming down from the north now to end their trip in Bariloche. But also on the seven lakes route, they were going to take a different route than we would. Right before they were taking a different road we ran into them, such a coincidence! We exchanged stories, but then it was time to go on and say goodbye. They went in the direction of Bariloche, from where they wanted to take a bus to Buenos Aires and we were heading toward San Martin de los Andes.
We camped alongside a lake a little bit further than halfway so we only had about 45 kms (28 miles) to go to San Martin de Los Andes, with the last 15 kms (10 miles) being downhill.
The last day to San Martin was great. First it went up again, but it was beautiful there with very nice viewpoints. And yes, the last 15 kms (10 miles) were downhill! At one point we had a beautiful view on the town. It’s nicely situated at the end of a lake, between mountains and hills.
Hoi,
Fijn dat het na het gedoe bij de douane toch nog is gelukt met de ritsen, het is te hopen dat ze nu goed blijven werken. Het was zeker wel lekker in een hotel te zitten met al dat lekkere eten, hebben jullie daar ook nog een La Linda wijn gedronken? Leuke foto’s jullie zien er goed uit. Harry en Ivana hebben een mooi huis, het is ook wel leuk om even in de bewoonde wereld te zijn en dat er fietswinkels waren, misschien had je nog wat nodig. Hopelijk blijft het weer goed.
Fiets ze, Kiki, Henk en Femia