23rd Jan, Puerto Rio Tranquillo to Wild camp on Rio Baker
(44.5M)
Cloud cover to
start the day, but
we soon warmed up as the sun burnt through and we wound our way up some
small climbs. The road surface was much better today than the road had been north of Puerto Rio
Tranquillo that we had been riding on a couple of days ago.
Today, on the map,
officially we were following the edge of the lake (Lago General Carrera), but the road seemed
to have other ideas and it was constantly undulating through this section of the
Carretera Austral. The lake and mountain scenery over our left shoulder was
absolutely amazing however and more than made up for the amount of effort the
cycling required.
We arrived at Puerto Betrand late in the afternoon. A much
smaller place than I was expecting. 2 tiny general stores where we managed to
buy bread and cheese , orange juice and an ice-cream and a rafting centre
were the only signs of life on the lake front. We could only find a cramped, no facility
campsite, which wasn’t
really very appealing , so we decided to carry on along the road heading south.
About 8km further on we found a lovely pitch right on the bank of the Rio Baker.
Absolutely beautiful. We even managed a very refreshing river wash,
once the rafters had gone past!
No comments:
Post a Comment