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August 21, 2016January 19, 2019

La Tapera to Lago Verde

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Written by Neon

We resupplied in Villa La Tapera quickly, as we didn’t need much to make it to Lago Verde, and we then hung out in the Plaza de Armas, checking  our email and catching up with cohorts back home. Chile seems to be taking an initiative to equip these tiny little border towns with public WiFi, and we’re not complaining.

Lovely campsite for the night with a lovely view

Fidgit and I left  town in the late afternoon, hoping to get a few more kilometers in for the day. We had been noticing the sunlight no longer stretched late into the evening, and we wanted to be able to find a nice spot to camp before the natural light went out on us. We crossed Rio Cisnes and stopped by to get some more directions from the estancia across the River. The husband and wife were both quite kind, though distracted as apparently their whole family was coming in for a week, and they were preparing. We stayed for a short bit, and they – of course – shared what they were preparing with us, as well as information about the way to Lago Verde. We parted ways and walked down the quiet two track into the rolling hills yet again.

 

Gotta love the signage here, when it exists
Coming down into Lago Verde’s valley

We were following a little-used road to Lago Verde, which usually made for easy route finding, though there were a few kerfuffles where equally-as-used roads would veer off in a direction we were unsure of. When I say little-used, I mean by vehicles- we saw a few men on horseback followed by their pack of dogs that every gaucho seems to have. By this point in our travels, we had learned to always double check if unsure, or it could mean hours of back-tracking (yes, we learned this the hard way). The route is a beautiful walk through some pristine woodland with multiple water sources along the way, because you basically follow one stream up the valley then cross down into another valley, walk along a river and up another valley, then follow that down into Lago Verde. This last valley  near Lago Verde was quite smokey, and we discovered a forest fire was burning, mostly in Argentina just east of the town. No one seemed concerned; a couple people we talked to just said nonchalantly that we probably wouldn’t be able to go over to Argentina (which we weren’t planning to do). I found this interesting, because I was worried that the town would be evacuated,  and we wouldn’t be able to resupply. Nope. Apparently it’s just the U.S.  that reacts to uncontrolled forest fires that way. We walked right into town, and the only reason people were surprised was because of the way we had come in- on foot.

Fidgit taking some time to play her uke at camp

Lago Verde was an unexpected multi-day stop, but mostly because the town was so tiny we had trouble getting our town chores done in a timely manner. We are slowly adapting to this South American way of slowing down, though it is sometimes frustrating to not get direct answers. We did glean enough information to be able to follow a trail to Palena, which was very exciting news.

 

Forest fire smoke as we near Lago Verde

 

 

Made it to town!

La Tapera a Lago Verde

Escrito por Neon
Traducción por Henry Tovar

Nos reabastecimos en Villa La Tapera rápidamente, ya que no necesitamos mucho para llegar a Lago Verde, a continuación pasamos el rato en la Plaza de Armas, comprobamos nuestro correo electrónico y nos pusimos al día con las cohortes de vuelta a casa. Chile parece estar tomando una iniciativa para dotar a estos pequeños pueblos pequeños fronterizos con WiFi público, y no nos quejamos.

Camping precioso para pasar la noche con una hermosa vista

Fidgit y yo salimos de la ciudad en la tarde, con la esperanza de conseguir algunos kilómetros en el día. Habíamos estado notando que la luz del sol ya no se extendía hasta altas horas de la noche, y queríamos ser capaces de encontrar un buen lugar para acampar antes de que la luz natural se apagará en nosotros. Cruzamos Río Cisnes y nos detuvimos para conseguir más direcciones desde la estancia a través del río. El marido y la mujer estaban bastante amable, aunque aparentemente distraído como toda su familia estaba entrando por una semana, y se estaban preparando. Nos quedamos por un corto tiempo, y – por supuesto – Compartieron lo que estaban preparando con nosotros, así como información sobre la via de Lago Verde. Nos separamos y caminamos por la doble vía tranquila en las colinas de nuevo.

Te va a encantar la senalizacion aqui, cuando existe

 

Bajando en el valle de Lago Verde

Estábamos siguiendo un camino poco utilizado a Lago Verde, que generalmente se hace para facilitar la búsqueda de rutas, aunque hubo algunos escándalos donde los caminos utilizados, como igualmente se desviará en una dirección que no estábamos seguras. Cuando digo poco usada , quiero decir por vehículos, vimos unos hombres a caballo seguidos de su grupo de perros que cada gaucho parece tener. En este punto de nuestro viaje, habíamos aprendido a siempre volver a comprobar si no estamos seguras, o podría significar horas de volver atrás (sí, hemos aprendido de la manera difícil). La ruta es un hermoso paseo a través de algunos bosques vírgenes con múltiples fuentes de agua en el camino, ya que básicamente sigue una secuencia, hasta el valle donde el cruce hacia abajo en otro valle, caminar a lo largo de un río y hasta otro valle, entonces sigue este abajo en Lago Verde . Este último valle cerca de Lago Verde fue bastante lleno de humo, y descubrimos que un incendio forestal ardía, sobre todo en Argentina, al este de la ciudad. Nadie parecía preocupado; un par de personas con las que hablamos acaban de decir tranquilamente que probablemente no sería capaz de ir a Argentina (que no estábamos planeando hacer). He encontrado esto interesante, porque yo estaba preocupada de que el pueblo iba a ser evacuado, y no sería capaz de abastecer. Nop. Al parecer, es sólo los EE.UU. que reacciona a los incendios forestales no controlados de esa manera. Caminamos a la derecha en la ciudad, y la única razón por la gente se sorprendió fue debido a la forma que habíamos llegado a pie.

 

Fidgit tomando algun tiempo para tocar su uke en el campamento

Lago Verde fue una parada inesperada de varios días, pero sobre todo porque la ciudad era tan pequeña que tuvimos problemas para conseguir hacer nuestras tareas de ciudad de una manera oportuna. Nos estamos adaptando poco a poco a esta forma de América del Sur de la desaceleración, aunque a veces es frustrante no conseguir respuestas directas. Hemos recogido suficiente información para ser capaz de seguir un rastro de Palena, que era una noticia muy emocionante.

Humo del Bosque Incendiado, ya cera de Lago Verde

 

Llegamos al pueblo!

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  • Clifford B. Rawley August 21, 2016 at 7:01 pm Reply

    Thanks for the interesting narrative and lovely pictures.

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  • keyworthgraphics August 21, 2016 at 7:17 pm Reply

    great post, thx neon! i love b’s new uku

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    • Fidgit August 27, 2016 at 11:25 am Reply

      I love it too!

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  • Marcy August 27, 2016 at 11:21 am Reply

    I am curious to follow your journey. I heard about your trip through G Adventures. What an ambitious quest!

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    • Fidgit August 27, 2016 at 11:24 am Reply

      Thank you for following, Marcy. We are on this journey because we are curious too! These first 2500 km have been challenging, rewarding, and affirming.

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