{"id":1205,"date":"2014-11-10T02:01:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T05:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2014-11-10T02:02:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T05:02:12","slug":"rn40-south-day-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/1205","title":{"rendered":"RN40 south, day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day<\/strong>: 6
\nTrajectory<\/strong>: Los Antiguos – Perito Moreno – Bajo Caracoles – Gobernador Gregores – Tres Lagos – El Chalten<\/h4>\n

Distance covered<\/strong>: \u00a0 711\u00a0km<\/h4>\n

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\"Today's<\/a>

Today’s journey, a long haul<\/p><\/div>\n

A long drive today, in an attempt to make up for lost time faffing about in the\u00a0menuco,<\/i> and a little longer than it should have been owing to a map misunderstanding and nonexistent road signage. But first we had to get the car sorted. This involved cleaning the mud out of the inside; repacking; washing the extra mud off the wheels and underneath the car to restore some sense of balance, etc.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Jeep had to be cleaned thoroughly inside as it was full of mud, so everything had to come out and be repacked<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Then<\/a>

Then we had to get the car up on a ramp and get all the mud hosed off the wheels, etc.<\/p><\/div>\n

We paid a quick visit to a mechanic to check everything was ok and then we were on our way south again, a little behind schedule but in great spirits.<\/p>\n

\"Checking<\/a>

Checking everything was strapped down tight<\/p><\/div>\n

We made good progress as we drove south, passing through some small towns and even smaller stops. One was Bajo Caracoles, a ten house village with a hotel and the only fuel for hundreds of kilometres in every direction. And often it didn’t have any fuel at all, but this was not such a huge problem as there was a hotel (of sorts) there where the traveller can wait until a tanker arrives. We had to wait an hour or so for the owner to arrive as he was having lunch, but we passed the time talking to a Colombian biker and some guys heading south to fish for salmon.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The combined petrol station and hotel at Bajo Caracoles<\/p><\/div>\n

We passed through Gobernador Gregores too. We shouldn’t have, but we somehow missed a turn and paid for it with some extra kilometres. It seemed a tidy place, with a big gaucho statue in the middle of the main drag – perhaps Gobernador Gregores himself.<\/p>\n

\"Is<\/a>

Is this the onetime Governor of Santa Cruz province, Juan Manuel Gregores?<\/p><\/div>\n

All in all, compared with the previous two days, a quiet journey, only disturbed by getting a little lost in Gobernador Gregores, and punctuated with road kill and road fill.<\/p>\n

\"Roadkill<\/a>

The roadkill – a mulita, hit by a passing vehicle (not us!)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"..<\/a>

.. and the road fill – we were glad that we were carrying the extra jerry cans<\/p><\/div>\n

We drove into El Chalten late at night, and more by luck than management parked outside a nice bistro type restaurant next to a trekkers’ hostel that had space. Our luck was still holding out, it seemed. We went to sleep tired but happy, in a room called St Exupery – which amused me as I had been reading Vol de Nuit<\/em>\u00a0only a few weeks ago in preparation for the journey.<\/p>\n

\"Our<\/a>

Our room in the Hostel at El Chalten<\/p><\/div>\n

El Chalten was a lovely little town – but more about that in tomorrow’s blog post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day: 6 Trajectory: Los Antiguos – Perito Moreno – Bajo Caracoles – Gobernador Gregores – Tres Lagos – El Chalten Distance covered: \u00a0 711\u00a0km   A long drive today, in an attempt to make up for lost time faffing about … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-2","category-trip-ruta-40-south"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1224,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions\/1224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}