El Bolsón

During our week off we got to stay in this wonderful little house in El Bolsón. It was very Swiss Family Robinson-esque!

On this day I hiked with Tim and Davin, two Americans I met at the immersion camps. We headed up towards El Piltriquitron, the mountain you can see in the distance.

Here we are at the hang gliding platform with an amazing Patagonian view of El Bolsón and surrounding areas.

Here we are in town, the next day before we headed up to El Cajon del Azul, a refugio outside of town. El Piltriquitron is in the background. This is a very quaint hippie town that was started by a german man in... the 60's or 70's (can´t remember). He came to this area with a ton of LSD, set up a bunch of tents and had a huge party. And thus began this little gem in the mountains. Now you will find many organic farms, artisans, and amazing homemade jams, sweets, and beer. I didn´t want to leave!

On the hike up to the refugio with Davin from Alaska. He is living in Buenos Aires and teaching English.

Here we are at the refugio, a well kept oasis in the middle of the mountains. We enjoyed a campfire, some free hamburgers left by a school group, and some homemade beer. We met a group of people from Argentina and Spain. It was very refreshing to speak to the girl from Spain because I could understand her so much better. I think their accent is much easier to understand! (Perhaps because that is the accentI learned!)

Atelio, the man who lives at the refugio and is in charge of keeping up the grounds, has done a fantastic job of landscaping and creating a perfect resting place!

Cheers!!!