Simply overwhelmed

It’s Midnight in Lago Posadas, Argentina. Today we have enjoyed some of the most wow-inducing scenery ever. What a difference a day makes. Lago Posadas is reached via an 80-km gravel road off of RN40. We saw all of two cars on the way here, yet, it is a real town of 500 people. There is no telephone service, so folks here rely on the internet to communicate. It is incredibly isolated, yet, there is a great small hotel, the Rio Tarde. We just finished dinner there, and it was not only good, but elegantly served.

The Hotel

The owner designed a route for us to take to do some sightseeing, and was he spot on! I took so many photos, but it’s late and therefore I will spare you the multitude. This is Patagonia at its best. All the driving to get here was worth it, not that I ever doubted it, and the following days reserve some of the best sights yet. On the way here, along RN40, the desert came alive. We saw some beautiful landscapes, lots of animals, especially the ever-present guanaco, but also foxes, and even flamingos, a rarity at these latitudes.

We made lots of friends at a lunch stop in the hamlet of Bajo Carracoles, where we stopped for gas.

There are very few locals in these parts, and even less tourists, but the ones we met are very hard core. Michelle is a Brit traveling solo on her bicycle from the southern tip of South America, up to Vancouver, Canada. Freddy, Umberto, and Christian are three older dudes from Chile who are riding the length of RN40 on their motorbikes. Others are traveling from the north of Alaska to the tip of Tierra del Fuego. We chatted for a couple of hours and we could have spent more time.

There are two lakes here, adjacent to each other, with the backdrop of San Lorenzo peak, and we had it all to ourselves.

We traveled to ancient rock formations where the early inhabitants left paintings of their hands some 9,000 years ago. We kept running into bones of different animals, some likely Guanacos eaten by Pumas and finished off by condors.

Simply overwhelmed is an understatement. Until tomorrow, my friends. Please stay well.