back in nature back in nature today we are on a day trip from el bolson we came

to lago puelo (lake puelo) to spend the day we actually booked a little boat trip we

did it's gonna happen in the middle of the afternoon at 3:00 p.m. but we're

here at roughly 11:00 in the morning it gives us plenty of time to hike kind of

appreciate the scenery on its own yeah guys let me tell you there isn't a cloud

in the sky the visibility like it couldn't be better today literally

perfect and you know it's pretty cool though today's boat trip is that we're

gonna be going to the border with Chile we won't be crossing over but we'll be

at the border hello hello come back it's gonna be fun

so first up let's talk about transport because even though we're doing a boat

tour in the afternoon we had to make our own way to lago puelo (lake puelo) and we did so

using the bus you did and it went well the name of the company it's called la

Golondrina you see it right there and it leaves from el bolson from the center of

town avenida san martín which is the main avenue yeah the price is 26 pesos

if you're going to lago puelo (lake puelo) the town yeah 30 pesos if you're coming into the

lake into the park so you're talking like 75 US cents to come into the lake

and a little bit 60 something to come into town yeah also something to point

out is that the bus driver did have change so you don't need to have an

exact fare which is nice that's sometimes you do yeah and what was the

most interesting thing about the journey we had to we had to change we had to

switch buses yeah because the town of El Wilson is in the province of Rio Negro

and the lake is in the province of Chu boot back into boot the bus stopped at

the border we all had to get off and get on a separate bus also run by the same

company yeah and then we continued on our way

obviously drivers from different provinces yeah at least that's what we

think pretty cool oh we didn't mention it was about a 40-minute trip took 40

minutes the thing is we were admiring the scenery and really enjoying the ride

exactly track of time I just remember we arrived

shortly before 11:00 and the bus picked us up shortly after 10:00 so it's about

40 minutes another cost to mention is entering the park lago puelo national

park the price for foreigners is eight dollars and someone from the park comes

onboard the bus and charges you the fee or if you're coming by car you pay right

at the entrance we are currently on a little walk through the forest

these trees are something special they are called our adonis or irish honest

you're going for the Argentine accent and look at the color of the the bark

the tree trunks are like a reddish orange color almost a big coppery it's

pretty cool

and before we start hiking we figured you know if you know us it should come

as no surprise yeah there's like a little food stand with sandwiches they

have fried cakes which is kind of like a donut yeah

artisanal beer chocolate chips candies that kind of thing all your monkey needs

be here so we each got one we got one and we also got our cold water because

we only had only had enough water to fill up one water bottle

sweet everone now so in terms of pricing the sandwiches were at around 3 bucks

right and then the water was one dollar for the day

what's tasty bread feels fresh fluffy how's it gonna fortify us for the walk

the word surprised and hungry when it comes to you is it a little bit hard a

bit of a stretch

redhead in the wild this is the time of day when Samuel must strip and begin

applying sunscreen oh my otherwise the redhead suffers he burns

he peels he screams oh my the sun is attacking me

we have chosen a trail I sure have nice to get a little bit of shade - it's

really warming up this afternoon oh yeah yeah so this one is called middle or the

lago puelo which means lago puelo lookout point yeah so it's gonna be

steep it's gonna be upwards yeah all right this is intermediate on the

intermediate fitness it's gonna take 40 minutes

it's 949 150 meters long and there's also I forget the scent we are ascending

anyways it's it's kind of a perfect way for us to spend this time because we

still have like two hours and 20 minutes before our boat right yeah so we'll do

this we'll probably get back down check out the beach a bit more maybe have

another bite and yeah that's all right

already getting some cool views of the lake

so guys we've just reached this little info point and I have learned something

new here it says a forest is a community of trees where the majority belong to

one or two species and a jungle has numerous species where it's a bit more

difficult to distinguish which ones are more abundant than others I had no clue

I always thought forest is more like pines you know those type of evergreens

and that a jungle was more tropical so a new bit of information there maybe you

guys learned a little something new - there's layers those layers are coming

off what's going on Suns coming out we're gaining altitude and yeah you got

a dress for all seasons when you come to this part of the world I mean it's

literally really cold in the morning it's warm by like late morning and it's

hot by afternoon

well this is a very nice part of the trail when in the middle of the forest

temperatures are a much cooler we're crossing a little creek and it's just so

green it's really nice I'm so glad we came out today because it's meant to be

a lot hotter these coming days this area is experiencing a bit of a heatwave so

it really is the perfect day to be out look at all this Moss growing on the

trees on the stones

we have come to the end of the trail back where we started and it is snack

time snack time not time for blackberries there are lots of motifs

there's a plant called Sat Samoa which I recognize because I mean we even have

this in Cordova coming down to just gonna add that

oh yeah walking downhill beautiful what a difference but let's pick some berries

come munch on so sorry Mota horrible prickly plant it has thorns it hurts you

even the leaves scratch you but the fruit is wonderful this is called morta

you know they're ready when they've turned black so sweet forest berries

this what they make Jam so yes you can use it for Jam cakes juice can you

didn't fruit salads just blackberries and whipped cream oh it's really nice

but as you've seen the plant it's horrible it's considered a bit of a pest

because it just grows and spreads and it kills all other vegetation around it yep

good berries

picking sweet so we got very lucky we found food stand that was making

hamburgers yep and these are some massive to be here

they've got him yeah and cheese lettuce tomato mayo

mustard ketchup and it's a regular and a regular burger patty as well regular

beef burger patty it's in there somewhere

dessert of course a corn starch I just for hard with doing to the ditch and

coconut for Sam got a little lemon scone jitter aid and I found some artisanal

beer Rojo the guy poured it rate from the straight from the top love it man

about 30 minutes before the bus departs the bus boat the the bus of the sea yeah

we're just gonna eat and be on our way

all aboard all aboard the trading y'all I just think the boat we keep calling it

bosses string the floating train yeah I mean it's gonna be incredible

I've just slathered on some more sunscreen the Sun is out in full force

it's just gonna be beautiful right I'm gonna wrap you outs aboard Oh

people per capita mention pizza pellucida community venimos not serve

and all the typical Accord Akira cantina a pelvic Anatomy

well guys we are now on land beginning the hiking portion of this tour the boat

ride was about fifty minutes just under an hour and now we're gonna be hiking

about two kilometers through the valdivian forests until we reach the

border with Chile pretty cool you can actually hike from Argentina to Chile if

you're doing like a camping trip bringing all your own equipment your own

supplies and of course you bring your passport do passport control along the

way but it can be done on foot now checking out some Rapids oh my

nearly got left behind and lost our group because we wandered off in search

of shade and next thing we noticed everyone's gone and we're looking what

that clapping we heard earlier he's probably trying to gather the group

that's us we're the missing do

so we are back from that little boat excursion yeah that was phenomenal

I mean her the trip itself is great the weather was even better the views you

can't beat that and just it was such a cold water it's like you you were fell

asleep of who either I did on the way there on the way back you guys know me

yes the time on boats so much fun hiking and you know technically going to Chile

mm-hmm voter passports no stamp to prove it yep towed over the line we have a

sign to prove it and we're just cooling down with a local drink it's called

paso de los toros well mellow which is like a grapefruit kind of soda so

refreshing sweet sour yeah just overall like an incredible day

here well uh-huh yeah and now we're just waiting for the bus apparently it's

passing by every 30 minutes now so it shouldn't be too to increase frequency I

guess there's increase if you can see early in the morning and around this

time of day yeah other parts of the day it's on the

hour mm-hmm yeah overall an incredible day trip I mean if you stay in Obul zone

you absolutely have to come here it's so close and it's just like it's a slice of

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