From Atlantic to the Andes

In the last few days, after exploring the Valdez Peninsula on November 24, we went further south west, leaving the south Atlantic coast and heading towards the Andes. Unfortunately, the weather was/is not great in most of Patagonia, so when we arrived in the town of Perito Moreno we decided to wait here for three days (until the rainy front passes - at least according to the weather report) and to exactly plan the route ahead. We would have liked to see Los Glacieros National Park as well as the great Perito Moreno glacier (located to the south, about... 700 km!) but due to the rainy / foggy weather we had to change the plan. And since the weather will probably still be rainy in the south, but will be sunny in the Chilean Andes, we decided to leave Perito Moreno on November 29 and drive along the famous Careetera Austral route. Although the Perito Moreno glacier would have been a highlight of our journey, we had to change the plan. Flexibility is essential in such an adventure. But... you never lose something in life without gaining something else.

Along the way from Comodoro Rivadavia to Perito Moreno, we drove a portion of the road on the legendary Argentine Route 40. It is not only legendary for the greatness of the Patagonian landscapes and isolation, but also legendary for the sections of miserable road...

Certain interactions with local Argentines showed us incredible examples of humanity and hospitality. For example, in Perito Moreno, while we were eating pizzettes in a pastry shop, another customer, noticing that we had nothing to drink, put a bottle of orange juice on our table. After that he greeted us and hurriedly left the store. While we were still wandering, the shopkeeper came promtly with two plastic cups...

The itinerary of this step can be seen by clicking:
https://de.mapy.cz/zakladni?planovani-trasy&amp…Leggi altro