Gaucho
Rodeo 1
Rodeo 2
Rodeo 3
Our last town in Chile was the desolate Puerto Ibanez, a dusty cowboy hangout with nothing to recommend it except that there happened to be a rodeo and fair happening with posturing caballeros doing manly things like torturing horses in the name of sport, entertainment and impressing the senoritas. There was also a party afterwards with live bands, dancing and much consumption of alcohol.
The wind is relentless in this part of Patagonia and we were pleased to be catching a ferry the next day across Lago General Carrera and then cycling the short distance across the border to Los Antiguos, a less desolate but still extremely windy place on Lago Buenos Aires ( the Argentinian name for the same lake ).
The Carretera Austral has provided some very dramatic and rewarding scenery and also some of the hardest cycling we´ve done after our efforts in the north. We´ve been a bit regretful however, that we´re unable to continue our journey south due to a lack of time although we have heard that the gravel road gets a lot worse than we´ve been experienced so a few mixed blessings there.....
We really loved Buenos Aires and were glad to have arranged a few days chilling there in the balmy sunshine before flying back.
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