{"id":4208,"date":"2023-11-03T18:52:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2023-11-03T18:52:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:52:31","slug":"trip-down-carretera-austral-november-2023-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/4208","title":{"rendered":"Trip down Carretera Austral November 2023: Day 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Up early and away, first stop Chile Chico. Which was only 111 km on the map but took almost four hours. Very, very steep and twisty and parts extremely potholed – some lakeside descents quite frightening and I did most of it in 4WD. But compensated for by some of the most spectacular scenery I’ve ever seen: the snowcapped Andes in all their glory and the sun reflected in gorgeous lakes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The view leaving Puerto Guadal …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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….. along the way ….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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… until arriving at Chile Chico, where I had a coffee, bought some pisco and filled the tank (crazy thing to do with Chilean prices and so near the border, but petrol was scarce when I left Argentina).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immigration and customs a breeze both sides, though the young gendarme seemed keen to have explanations for every item I was carrying. But it didn’t take long, he was friendly and chatty and keen to visit SM de los Andes and I wasn’t in a hurry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then through to Los Antiguos, where I was not tempted by the Ruta 41 where Tiso and I had such fun a few years back (see here<\/a>). No desire to learn more about menucos<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I would have liked to drive along RP 41 a little but lunch seemed a more sensible option. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On to Perito Moreno, on some good (straight and flat) tarmac, and arrived in time for lunch and to check in at my best hotel so far. Yes, a proper hotel, and a comfy one – the favourable dollar exchange encouraged me to splash out a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The name of the hotel refers to the Cave of the Painted Hands, a UNESCO world Heritage site which I hope to visit tomorrow. More here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Up early and away, first stop Chile Chico. Which was only 111 km on the map but took almost four hours. Very, very steep and twisty and parts extremely potholed – some lakeside descents quite frightening and I did most … 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":[42,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-carretera-austral-1","category-travel-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4208","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=4208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4215,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4208\/revisions\/4215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}