8th April, Easter Sunday, San Marin to Playa Catrite (4.5M)
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| The sun was out and the trees werechanging with autumn |
On our bikes and back in the sun. The road between San Martin and Bariloche is known as 'Ruta de los siete lagos (the road of the seven lakes)' and is renowned for being beautiful. We still had more than enough time to get to Bariloche for our flight on the 16th April so with the weather constantly improving we decided to take our time and enjoy our final weeks in Argentina.
So today was certainly not about setting any records, except perhaps for the fewest miles cycled in a day. We had a lovely ride, on tarmac once again, along the edge of Lago Lacar. We climbed steadily throughout this before a steep descent down to a beach on the lakeside. It was only midday but we decided to enjoy the scenery and stop and camp here overnight. During the day the place was heaving with Argentinians enjoying their Easter Sunday with asados (BBQs), fishing, a couple having scuba diving lessons and many more just relaxing on this lovely warm sunny holiday. We were the only people camping and once the sun left the beach, the temperature quickly dropped off and then people began to leave. I returned from one of my few runs I managed while in South America to find that we'd been given a refund for the camping as there was no gas or hot water. They left the toilet block open so we could stay for free if we wanted or move onto another campsite with facilities just a bit along the lake shore, but by then our tent was up and we were happy to stay for free. It just meant a bathe in the lake for me after my run instead of a nice warm shower!
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| Post run bathing.... |
The sunsets more than made up for any lack of facilities and actually we'd paid more in the past for a less well equipped or beautiful site.
So today was certainly not about setting any records, except perhaps for the fewest miles cycled in a day. We had a lovely ride, on tarmac once again, along the edge of Lago Lacar. We climbed steadily throughout this before a steep descent down to a beach on the lakeside. It was only midday but we decided to enjoy the scenery and stop and camp here overnight. During the day the place was heaving with Argentinians enjoying their Easter Sunday with asados (BBQs), fishing, a couple having scuba diving lessons and many more just relaxing on this lovely warm sunny holiday. We were the only people camping and once the sun left the beach, the temperature quickly dropped off and then people began to leave. I returned from one of my few runs I managed while in South America to find that we'd been given a refund for the camping as there was no gas or hot water. They left the toilet block open so we could stay for free if we wanted or move onto another campsite with facilities just a bit along the lake shore, but by then our tent was up and we were happy to stay for free. It just meant a bathe in the lake for me after my run instead of a nice warm shower!
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