San Martin is a town about 180km away from Bariloche, separated by a beautiful drive knows as the siete lagos (7 lakes.) The 4 of us rented a car and started our road trip adventure. We’d been previously warned about the road and were told that a good part of it was unpaved and very bumpy. We couldn’t go very fast and the drive required a tremendous amount of concentration and zipping around divets and larger rocks, but plenty of time to take in the views and stop for photographs. The drive was made better with a zippy and powerful little red VW and Swiss German tunes in the CD player. San Martin wasn’t much to blog about, but the drive there and back, both very different routes were gorgeous and worth spending the day in the car. On the second loop of the trip, the landscape made me think of Wiss, Alison’s husband and a fly fishing guide. This is supposed to be one of the most popular places to fly fish in Argentina. The photos do not capture is all, but here’s enough to encourage you to come visit.
The start of our 380km drive to the 7 lakes and back, Bariloche.
San Martin, the half way mark of our 7 lakes drive.
The driver taking a break to enjoy yet another beautiful view of the lake and Andes mountains.
On the back side of the 7 lakes drive. I loved the zippy car!
Route 234, the 7 lakes drive. As you can see, this major road is comprised of a gravel road and hazards such as “stray” cows. (Photo courtesy of Lyle)
What a fabulous day. (Photo courtesy of Lyle)
2 comments:
Wow!!! Those view are great and definitely make me want to visit!
Me too, I wanna visit!!! Parts of it look similar to New Zealand. Sigh, oh to be on a worldly adventure again...it's addictive!
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