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Coñaripe

Posted on January 6, 2012 by angela5 Comments

Late December brings us the annual celebrations of Jason's birthday and a new year.  And like nearly every other year, poor Jason nearly gets forgotten in between the better known holidays.  I was able to manage finding some cupcakes, which wasn't as easy as it sounds. We also claimed that the Termas Geometricas was his ...

Geometricas

Posted on January 4, 2012 by jason3 Comments

We had planned on skipping the hyped Termas Geometricas simply because of the cost. We had already done plenty of soaking in hot springs and it just seemed like a bit much. Besides, I'm cheap. But, today we were handed a half-price coupon and we made a bee-line back to Coñaripe and up the mountain to ...

Coñaripe y Lago Calafquén

Posted on January 3, 2012 by jason6 Comments

We camped and soaked at the Termas de Coñaripe. It was fine, but overpriced and the hot springs aren't all that great. At least they had llamas. While there, I discovered an oil leak and was just a little disappointed when I saw it was coming from the push rod tubes. I'm not planning on dropping ...

The border at Paso Hua Hum

Posted on January 2, 2012 by jason4 Comments

From San Martin, you can skirt the top of Lago Lacar on a good dirt road and end up at the little used border crossing at Paso Hua Hum. Funny, but the Andean passes are now down to 700 m. When we arrived to check out of Argentina, we had to make some noise to get ...

That’s not fog

Posted on January 1, 2012 by jason1 Comment

The siete lagos trip was at the top of everyone's list when it comes to visiting the Lakes District in Argentina. But, since last June, most of it has been covered in ash. Volcan Puyehue erupted and spewed the fine gray powder everywhere. The volcano is in Chile, but thanks to the prevailing wind, Argentina got ...

San Martin

Posted on December 31, 2011 by jason4 Comments

We ended up staying an extra day in Junin de los Andes because the main road south was blocked by protestors burning tires across a bridge. Always with the tire burning.  There were a few police idly watching, so we knew things weren't going to change very soon.  I was a little surprised they would ...

Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noël, God Jul

Posted on December 28, 2011 by angela6 Comments

We decided to stay in San Martin del los Andes for Christmas. The weather had been bad earlier in the week, keeping us inside a lot, but the storm was finally passing through. Perfect for hanging out at the lake in town. We found out that our friend Baptiste - aka French Guy on a ...