Marble chapel and the theft of River Phoenix
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Patagonia
They say that Patagonia is one of the most beautiful regions in the world. Our specialist, Gerardo Bartolomé, He knows very well and describes everything.
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The bird island and killing of the Spanish
He ended the day and ended our visit to the Peninsula Valdes. Before we left we decided to stop in front of the Bird Island to catch the last rays of sun and take pictures of the chapel there remembers an old Spanish settlement. By Gerardo BARTHOLOMEW.
Torres del Paine: alone with the Patagonia
Se lo dijo Jorge Luis Borges a Paul Theroux, from writer to writer, before he put an Southbound South American continent, who had crossed from end to end: "In Patagonia there is nothing. Not the Sahara, but it is the closest you can find in Argentina. Not, in Patagonia there is nothing ".
Lago General Carrera, Blue between the Andes
I thought I had reached the Caribbean in the middle of the Andes. The water was a indigo blue on, sometimes turquoise and emerald tone in some banks. We move into the lake as one sees light at end of tunnel, almost by inertia, hypnotism plunged a shining water between snow-capped mountains.
In the shadow of the Torres del Paine
South of the world ends with an outburst. Where the Andes are ending, nature reserves a final festival of stones. We crossed the border of Chile and a farewell because the other side, only vicunas and rheas govern the untamed land of green lakes and mountains impossible.
alvarino, the last Mapuche
Near Araucaria forests, between the Andes and glacial lakes of water lives a man named Alvarino. Maybe there just history, with his name, as to the shout only the echo of the mountains seems to respond.
In the cradle of Patagonia
I looked at that plateau. I could not believe that there had been born in Patagonia. Sure ... I owe an explanation to the reader. Patagonia was born there but the myth of Patagonia as a wild and mysterious. I was in Puerto San Julian in the search, as always, of stories, anecdotes and wild. There, against the infinite blue of the Atlantic, are given both: history and nature.
Top 7 / Lakes of the World
It is inevitable, the image of a lake invites the nap of the senses, conveys peace and the restless spirit of a traveler often find solace in its banks. The lakes are a good starting point and a beautiful finish.
A world of ice
"El viajero siempre se va de allí más pequeño, quieter, because the glaciers are by definition immense and silent. Imposes its colossal size and if they get split, its only thunder sticks in the memory as a centuries crunch impossible to forget."
Puerto Hambre: Here was Spain
It seems incredible that more than 400 years in the South American continent boundary has installed a Spanish colony. Weeks or months of perilous navigation separating it from any other population from which supplies could. And thought no wonder that the place has become <strong>Puerto Hambre</strong>, neither more nor less than because the settlers died from hunger that ....
The animals most attractive in Patagonia
For a minute dream of a trip to Patagonia ... I chose what place in the previous post. Well ... now look at these photos of Patagonian animals. What would you like to see on your trip? Do all? Sure! But what think you should not miss? Help me choose four animals Patagonian fauna essential.
Best of Patagonia
What are the three best places in Patagonia? Help the writer and traveler Gerardo Bartolome to choose these three wonderful southern photographic ten proposals.
The port of the unknown species
Where in the Patagonia takes this scene and how interesting discovery made Darwin there? Why adventurers were going up the river and looking for what? Gerardo Bartolomé once again takes us into the dark side of the Patagonia.
Landing in the land of the giants
This is a major marine epics of all times. Who were the crew of a modern replica of an old ship? Where they are and to what place the ship was heading? How does this course with the origin of Patagonia? The writer and traveler Gerardo Bartolomé has the answers. Within a week, and VAP.
Nahuel Huapi: the last trip of the Perito Moreno
In 2003, along with my wife, stopped three days at the Inn Puerto Blest, an arm of Lake Nahuel Huapi, which flows into the mountains almost to the border with Chile. The boat passed us along to an island which is buried a beloved character for Argentina: Perito Moreno. Even today it is the custom of the boats to sound the horn three times in salute.
The sentry on the island of the tiger
Who's in the coffin with that load these soldiers on the banks of a lake? What legacy left in the maps and the preservation of natural habitat? What is the name of the island where his remains lie? A track: still, vessels make it sound the horn three times a sign of respect as he passed his final resting place. The travel writer Gerardo Bartolomé enigmatic guide us in this trip next week.
Cape Horn: where the wind roars
We had to wake up early to have any chance to land before the outbreak of the wind. Standing at the stern of the boat launch expected to return the advance and whether the conditions were to lose. We were a mile of Cape Horn, but it was quite possible that we could not step on.
The end of the world out
Water shipwrecks and violent storms in a corner of the world. Route of brave sailors and threatening cliffs What geographic location is recognized that in the picture? How does the Gold Route of Spanish America? What stories of tragedy and suffering hide those rocks? The travel writer Gerardo Bartolome has the keys. The answers, within a week VaP..
Valley 16 of October: the plebiscite of the schoolhouse
On the morning of 30 April 1902 Holdich convinced Moreno to go to school in the valley. When the Argentine and English arrived, the boys sang the anthem of Argentina. Holdich, between intrigued and excited, wondered aloud whether they preferred to be from Argentina or Chile. All responded in unison "Argentina!”, although with a foreign accent.
Chubut River: Crossing the Welsh
The sun was beginning to fall and Roberts decided that this would be the camping site. They put the few wagons forming a barrier to fend off a hypothetical Indian attack at night. The Welsh had had bad experiences in this regard.
The stone sentinel of the Patagonian steppe
An epic journey across the plains to meet the Patagonian Andes. What do you call this huge stone? On the verge of what river is located? What group of settlers was a reference point on their long journey? The details of history is the writer and traveler <strong>Gerardo Bartolomé</strong>. The next weekend, and VAP.
Patagonia: the promised land of the Welsh
I played ring, the door opened: "Croeso i ¡Patagonia!"I told the woman. "Thanks for the welcome Monica in Welsh." I replied. Finally we reached Gaiman, center of one of the greatest curiosities of the area: Welsh colony in Patagonia through.
Monte Darwin: El Desquite Shipton
Shipton fell into a deep depression over losing the mountain to which he had prepared all his life: el Everest. He decided to be the person who had conquered mountains, the largest number 1 history. There were many virgin peaks in the northern hemisphere, so we laid eyes on the ice fields between Argentina and Chile. There were dozens of unexplored mountains.
The Everest climber overcome by
He dreamed, like so many other climbers of the time, to become the first man to tread the summit of Everest, but the glory was elusive. Sorry, heart rumbo a la Patagonia. Other peaks waiting to be conquered virgin. What is the name of the British explorer and mountaineer image? What feats he starred in southern lands? The travel writer Gerardo Bartolome will tell the story in next week VaP..
