El Bolson & Cajon del Azul

After leaving our private location in paradise, we willed ourselves to make the push to our final destination as a traveling foursome - El Bolson. We arrived late into town and after some undercover internet work at a non-descript hostel we found great lodgings just in time to prepare dinner before the kitchen closed at midnight. It was beginning to become apparent that this would be near to a typical dinner time for us in Argentina!

El Bolson is a fun town set close to a beautiful mountain chain. During our brief two days there we managed some shopping at the hippy fair, more dinner and wine drinking and ordered a typical ¨parillada¨ meal from a local restaurant. Be warned, in Argentina they will barbecue all parts of the animals so we ended up leaving about half of the food behind as it was either too identifiable as an organ or too slippery/mushy to eat. Generally not good attributes for a delicious meal.

The most memorable experience was our day hike up to the Cajon del Azul (the blue canyon). The entry included great forest walks with views down to the valley below and the finish featured spectacularly clear waters in a narrow canyon. This was definitely the coldest swimming water of the trip! But who could resist such a setting?

It was with a great sense of accomplishment and friendship that we saw Richie and Dierdre off on their next journey towards Buenos Aires, where we would follow in 10 days to come. For now however, the lure of Patagonia urged us further south.