Junin de los Andes

Back in the town we went into the tiny museum. The curator did not speak English but followed us around to each exhibit room. With Google Translate and sign language we managed to understand the age of what we were looking at including the huge dinosaur bone.

We walked down to the river to eat lunch. There was a school party on the river bank and they let off steam afterwards playing football on an empty school yard.

Then two chaps brought a horse down and they tried to get it into the water. It wasn't keen and there was a stand off until the chap won the battle. However once the horse was in it refused to come out. Great entertainment for us, not so good for the horse when it got whipped to get it moving.

The riverside path was very pleasant and the town had spent some money creating it. Trouble was there was a shanty town just the other side of the fence - which was much more in need of funds.

River on the left;

Contrast on the right;

We have seen several of these signs along the road into San Martin de los Andes so I was surprised to see Londres on the signpost on the lakeshore.

The next day we drove out again on gravel roads to do a walk which we thought might be a bit tame but we were running out of options. However,  There was someone on duty at a gate to the village who wanted £25 so we turned round. We drove to the other side of the lake for a short walk. Once home we decided to go and read in the main square. Once again we were entertained. The Department of Science had set up several tasks for groups of children who thoroughly enjoyed the challenges so we had a good time too.

Spotted a gaucho;

We have now arrived back in Bariloche and dropped off the hire car, we think in one piece! Tomorrow we fly to Ushuaia - and the name of our accommodation? .... The Malvinas...!