Bolson is a neat not-so-little touristy town living in the shadows 4 hrs south of Bariloche. Bolson gives of the petchuli (sp?) hint of a hippie town although I heard we missed the worst of it by a few weeks. As it was it was a pleasant place to spend a couple days unwinding between hikes. I've never seen the word "artesian" on more business signs in my life. Crafts, breads, jellies, and pleasantly enough beers. We spent the first night in a nice hostel and met a shocking amount of Americans.
The next day we wanted to move to cheaper camping arrangement so we walked 1 km to camp at the largest brewery in town, just in time for St. Patricks day right? Wrong. I won't say they've never heard of the holiday, but we didn't see anyone celebrating and we were literally the only ones at the campsite...and it was kinda dirty. But it still had it's perks and we stayed there 2 nights. We struck out trying to fish - there is surprisingly little tourism infrastructure, but the town was fun and still had great views of the surrounding mountains. We did a short day hike instead.
Packed up this morning and bussed to Bariloche. So far all I know is that the town is huge and there are lots of options. We were hoping to hike up Volcano Lanin, but learned the travel time wouldn't be worth the investment even though the hike would be awesome. Plenty of other options though. Biking, fishing, and hiking in the Nahuel Huapi NP for the next 10 days.
No real pictures from Bolson because we didn't really do much. If we get out biking tomorrow I'll take a pic and sent out a short update. The lakes here are beautiful and remind me a little if northern MN!
The next day we wanted to move to cheaper camping arrangement so we walked 1 km to camp at the largest brewery in town, just in time for St. Patricks day right? Wrong. I won't say they've never heard of the holiday, but we didn't see anyone celebrating and we were literally the only ones at the campsite...and it was kinda dirty. But it still had it's perks and we stayed there 2 nights. We struck out trying to fish - there is surprisingly little tourism infrastructure, but the town was fun and still had great views of the surrounding mountains. We did a short day hike instead.
Packed up this morning and bussed to Bariloche. So far all I know is that the town is huge and there are lots of options. We were hoping to hike up Volcano Lanin, but learned the travel time wouldn't be worth the investment even though the hike would be awesome. Plenty of other options though. Biking, fishing, and hiking in the Nahuel Huapi NP for the next 10 days.
No real pictures from Bolson because we didn't really do much. If we get out biking tomorrow I'll take a pic and sent out a short update. The lakes here are beautiful and remind me a little if northern MN!
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