This photo is a view from our hotel in Torres de Paine, in Chili
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Monday, November 4, 2019
Views from Hotels
Above is the view from our Hotel in Bariloche - A view of Lake Nahual Huapei (I can NEVER pronounce it correctly. An enormous lake with snow capped mountains in the distance.
This is the view from our hostel in Ushuia, in Tierra de Fuego - It is the end of the world!!! We stayed here 4 nights - the first night we were not impressed. By the end of our stay we declared we could stay here the rest of our lives!
The lovely garden in Hoteleria Paula in Trelew. A little town founded by Welsh immigrants!!!!! Argentina has some surprises. This garden was fragrance filled, jasmine and honeysuckle, and full of birds and birdsong.
The most unprepossesing of all - in Buenos Aires
Unfortunately I didn't take a photo from our room in El Calafete - a lovely garden.
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Argentina
Yes, Argentina. This year I am visiting the southern hemisphere!
Whereas Namibia is a palette of clear deep blue skies, ochres, siennas, umbers, browns, Argentina - especially Patagonia is a palette of azure, turquoise, lapis, emerald, aquamarine, sparkling white - startling in its contrast.
This was a visit with my sister and brother-in-law that was supposed to have happened two years previously. Life events postponed it, but we did it! For me three jampacked weeks of non-stop activity. Bariloche, el Calafete, Chile, Torres de Paine, Ushuia, Peninsula Valdez and Buenos Aires.
On buses, off buses, on katamarans, off katamarans, on boats, on rafts, on foot, up hills, down hills, up steps, down steps, on rocky footpaths, muddy paths, quaint cobbled streets of towns, stunning glacial lakes, waterfalls, craggy mountain peaks, stunning glaciers, condors, graceful huanocos, pellargic birds, cormorants, a puma, flamingos, penguins, a fox, whales; southern right whales, humps of them, heaps of them - nursing mothers, randy males. Springtime after all. In Torres de Paine we experienced winds so fierce they actually knocked my sister down. Quite shocking to witness. Thank goodness no broken bones, a few bruises, grazes and an impressive scar down her nose! Friendly people, wonderful knowledgable guides, fun fellow travelers, an uncrowded and unspoiled landscape, delicious seafood, meat, pastries, chocolates, malbec, mate, cerveza.
Buenos Aires that everyone had warned us was a filthy grafitti ridden place crawling with violent predators waiting to strip us of everything we had was gracious, old worldly, beautiful. By contrast with San Francisco it seemed sparklingly clean with just a few not aggressive homeless. We took a tour of the Teatro Colon and the Recoleta Cemetery, and strolled through the Caminito La Boca. Of course we absolutely had to be on buses, so we took a two day hop on hop off bus ride.
And now it is over. I am filled with gratitude that we had this wonderful, exhilarating experience. I will publish this piece then eventually, hopefully work out how to upload photos. It is a struggle each time. I have to learn this because it is very easy. I will post the view from the window of each hotel we stayed in, then I will post other photos. The visual aspect is better for most of us, rather than reading, but as I personally still read, you will get both!
Whereas Namibia is a palette of clear deep blue skies, ochres, siennas, umbers, browns, Argentina - especially Patagonia is a palette of azure, turquoise, lapis, emerald, aquamarine, sparkling white - startling in its contrast.
This was a visit with my sister and brother-in-law that was supposed to have happened two years previously. Life events postponed it, but we did it! For me three jampacked weeks of non-stop activity. Bariloche, el Calafete, Chile, Torres de Paine, Ushuia, Peninsula Valdez and Buenos Aires.
On buses, off buses, on katamarans, off katamarans, on boats, on rafts, on foot, up hills, down hills, up steps, down steps, on rocky footpaths, muddy paths, quaint cobbled streets of towns, stunning glacial lakes, waterfalls, craggy mountain peaks, stunning glaciers, condors, graceful huanocos, pellargic birds, cormorants, a puma, flamingos, penguins, a fox, whales; southern right whales, humps of them, heaps of them - nursing mothers, randy males. Springtime after all. In Torres de Paine we experienced winds so fierce they actually knocked my sister down. Quite shocking to witness. Thank goodness no broken bones, a few bruises, grazes and an impressive scar down her nose! Friendly people, wonderful knowledgable guides, fun fellow travelers, an uncrowded and unspoiled landscape, delicious seafood, meat, pastries, chocolates, malbec, mate, cerveza.
Buenos Aires that everyone had warned us was a filthy grafitti ridden place crawling with violent predators waiting to strip us of everything we had was gracious, old worldly, beautiful. By contrast with San Francisco it seemed sparklingly clean with just a few not aggressive homeless. We took a tour of the Teatro Colon and the Recoleta Cemetery, and strolled through the Caminito La Boca. Of course we absolutely had to be on buses, so we took a two day hop on hop off bus ride.
And now it is over. I am filled with gratitude that we had this wonderful, exhilarating experience. I will publish this piece then eventually, hopefully work out how to upload photos. It is a struggle each time. I have to learn this because it is very easy. I will post the view from the window of each hotel we stayed in, then I will post other photos. The visual aspect is better for most of us, rather than reading, but as I personally still read, you will get both!
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