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Villa La Angostura, Argentina
Villa La Angostura, Argentina
The snow from yesterday had stopped during the night and the sun was out when we were having breakfast. It was another typical Argentinian breakfast of bread and cakes. We did get some cereal and yoghurt as well, so not too bad. We had decided to take a walk in Parque Nacional los Arrayanes, on the 12km long Quetrihue peninsula on the lake Nahuelhuapi. The entrance to the park was 3km south of the town centre so we took a local bus from the terminal at 10am to ...
Villa La Angostura, Argentina
It was really windy morning again and after a quick breakfast we headed out into the cold to go to the Money Exchange, which was fortunately open. It was an official looking place but we were offered very close to the 'blue' rate to change our US dollars. Money matters are a bit complicated in Argentina, they have an official currency rate used by banks and also an unofficial called the 'blue' rate. The difference between the two is due to inflation in the countr...