Wednesday, November 5, 2008

smandes: days of picnic & park.

Took the four hour Siete Lagos route (above) from the hustled Bariloche to the laid back town of San Martin de los Andes. And despite the small size of "Smandes", I got lucky and connected with a couchsurfer by the name of Ruby, a super chill father of two who briefly showed me the house, gave me a key, and said, "Make yourself comfortable!" and then after that I hardly ever saw the guy. I came and went as I pleased, spending the majority of my two days lounging in grassy parks, napping, reading, and having delightful picnics in the sunshine.

Made a few friends on the path while hiking up to a Mapuche community nestled in the low mountains of Smandes.

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