So many sites to see and so much traveling has put us a bit behind on the blog updates! We spent about one week in Bariloche, Argentina over New Year's. San Carlos de Bariloche (as it is properly called), along with Villa Angostura, San Martin de los Andes, and El Bolson are a group of towns at the base of the Andes in the Patagonia region of Argentina. The area as a whole is an extremely scenic province, well known for its high concentration of mountain lakes.
We visited each of these towns on what is commonly called the "Seven Lakes Tour". We took the extended version (meaning dirt roads) of the trip and eventually lost count of the number of lakes seen in that one day. It was incredible to say the least. Each of the lakes was a beautiful blue and the crystal clear waters from the Andes seemed inviting on such hot days. Needless to say, just wetting my feet in the glacial runoff managed to cool me down. After about 100Km of dirt roads in the smallest (cheapest) rental car we could find, we decided that Baby Beck may make medical history as the first baby actually born with shaken baby syndrome! This tour was so remarkable it is hard to choose one or two photos so here is a short slideshow instead.
El Bolson was about the farthest south we ventured on our entire trip. It lies just past the 42nd parallel (equivilant to going as far North of the equator as Chicago). We drove a little south of the town to visit another lake, Lago Puelo and then to an incredible lookout properly named Cabeza del Indio (Indian's Head). This was a big hike for me at 5.5 months pregnant, but was so worth the effort! Look at the photo closely and you can see Lago Puelo in the far background at the base of the Andes.More posts to come!
Nicole and Forrest
