Enjoy summer in El Bolsón

      If you are looking for adventure holidays you can try El Bolsón. This small town counts with a lot of attractions where tourists and local people can go to enjoy the landscape and the natural surroundings.
     One of the places you can visit is the Piltriquitron shelter which is very comfortable and offers all you may need in the mountain, like accomodation, snacks, beberages, a warm  place to stay.
     You can also try cycling. In the tourism office you can be informed about the circuits. You can go and ask for information about tracks in the mountain or on the plain, where you can enjoy the way itself and nature arround.
     With all these activities, you can enjoy a great summer in El Bolsón full of entertainment  and nature, a beautiful place to admire the landscape, the views, the vegetation.

Inés Azcona

La Playita:

''La Playita'' is a place inLagoPuelo, 20 minutes from El Bolson by car and 5 minutes from de village of Lago Puelo. This is a lovely beach where people spend their afternoons refreshing themselves in the quiet warm waters with their families.

From La Playita a trekking path  can be accessed  that takes you to a view point, el Mirador, from there the trail can be continued up to “el Desemboque”, going round the mountain. I recommend it because of the beauty of the landscape and the forest.

However not everything is as nice as it seems. Throughout the years this place has been being polluted and ruined because of the people carelessness. This lack of concern the environment will eventually produce the disintegration and destruction of this gorgeous place.

Long time ago the water was clear, natural and without any contamination, but due to the careless water circulation design in the Park, some wastewater drains into it apart fromtanines form nearby Pitras, a local tree. This causes the water to be lice invaded. This insects bite people and in some cases cause disease.

This is due to poor institutional organization that fails to inforce good behaviour in visitors, provide enough information about these outstanding places and how to take care of it. People not always aware about the disaster caused by garbage and so they are destroying more and more. I hope this changes soon, so to have a better place for all, to keep it clean and as natural as it was originally, preserving "La Playita" for future generations.

NEHUEN BEDETTI. 

The good things and bad things in El Bolson:

El Bolson is a touristic centre, thousands of people choose it as their destination for vacationing because of it a natural and fascinating landscape, or just because they’re looking for a peaceful place to rest.

El Bolson’s main income comes from the activities that visitors do, such as paraglidingat at the piltriquitron hill jumping from about 1200 amsl into the valley to meet the unique feeling of flying a see the beauty of the nature from avove, rafting at the Manso River which crosses the Andes by the passage of Leon an the Azul River with the right balance between emotion and safety, trekking over the big variety of muntains and hills located around the city, sailing on the Puelo Lake or Epuyen Lake with many types of diferents ships, buy souvenirs in the local fair located on the city centre on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and sometimes on Sundays.

El Bolson is the perfect place for the kind of tourist that is looking for adventurous activities!

On the other hand, some of these excursions are not always accessible to everyone due to the fact that the roads are not transitable without a 4x4 pick-up or a good vehicle.

This makes many people avoid visiting these places, which is really a pity, because they lose the opportunity of visiting a wonderful place. A clear example is the “Bosque Tallado”, a forest that was affected by fire some decades ago, and from its remains some marvelous sculptures were made!

The access to the forest is by car, but the road is too deteriorated for some cars to drive along, many people don’t know the forest because of this.

To sum up, I must say that El Bolson is a great choice if you’re looking for a natural an enjoyable place, but it’s important to remark that some improvements in the roads are needed, despite these details, the excursions are outstanding, I strongly recommend you to visit El Bolson!

NEHUEN BEDETTI.

The Magic in the Southern Hemisphere

Patagonia is a region located at the southern end of South America, territory shared by Argentina and Chile, boasting some of the most dramatic landscapes on Earth. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the mountain range to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean. To the west, it includes the territory of Valdivia through Tierra del Fuego archipelago.

The Argentine portion of Patagonia includes the provinces of Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz, as well as the eastern portion of Tierra del Fuego archipelago and the southernmost department of Buenos Aires province: Patagones.

The Chilean part of Patagonia embraces the southern provinces and regions of Valdivia, Llanquihue, Aysén and Magallanes, including the west side of Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn, and Palena Province in Los Lagos Region.

The guanaco, the cougar, the Patagonian Fox, the Patagonian Hog-nosed Skunk, and the Magellanic Tuco-tuco are the most characteristic mammals of the Patagonia.

Marine fauna include the Southern right whale, the Magellanic Penguin, the Orca and elephant seals.

Francisco Gonzalez

Punta Tombo

Punta Tombo is situated 107 km from Trelew. This natural reserve homes the largest Penguin colony of the continent. It's rich in local flora and fauna. It's very common to find  short ostriches, guanacos, maras, herons, red and grey foxes, Patagonian skunks, small and large armadillos and different kinds of birds.
The protected area of Punta Tombo is a narrow and stony fringe which penetrates approximatley 3.5 km into the sea. It's beaches are very wide and have a soft slope. This is why the penguins come here to make their nests. Towards the extreme there are seagull nests and in the vertex, cormorants, in the whole area ostreros, vapor ducks, double chinned plovers, skuas and a lengthy list of terrest animals. In september, thousands of penguins settle on the coast, especially in Punta Tombo, after a long journey in the sea.

Francisco Gonzalez.

What does live in a small city mean?

Living in El Bolsón, is different to living in a city like Buenos Aires.

El Bolson is a quiet place surrounded by mountains, that has a beautiful landscape. There are some rivers where you can practise a lot of activities like kayaking or rafting.
It doesn't have to many shops like in a city, and there are no cinemas which is a disadvantage. But what people of my age do here, are sports, trekking, and activities more related with nature.
At night you will find night clubs, pubs, and if you want you can go to the casino.
In quite a safe town regarding robberies, not like Buenos Aires or other bigger cities which is an advantage. This means that you can live relatively well of the possibilities of being robbed, all the time.
Another difference between El Bolson and Buenos Aires is the lifestile: The people from Bolson, are more friendly than the people from Buenos Aires. In the city, people are always in a hurry, always running for one place to another.
Instead, people from El Bolson are more relaxed because they live in a smaller city and they don't need to rush.

                                                      

                                                                                                      Julieta Reinaud .

Ways Of Transport.

Ways of transport

Every day we have to move througth the city to buy things that are nesssesary, visiting people, taking your children to the activities that they do. For all this public transport is nessesary, especially for thouse how find walking tiering or if you dont have a car.

Going by bus is better than walking, but you have to travel with lots of people you dont know andi t may be dangerous. If you went Shopping and carrying lots of heavy bags it´s very uncomfortable. Morever buses have time-tables so you´ll have to wait and sometimes you wont arrive on time were you need to go.

On the other hand a car is expencive to have; it needs fuel, oil, a change of tires alter some time and also other usual maintenace requirements. However it also has it´s benefits because you can use it whenever you need it, for example you may travell on your own or with people you want. If you go Shopping you can carry the bags in the boot.

While you are travelling you can listen to music, ore use the air conditioning if it´s very hot or the Heather in case it´s  too cold. Another advantage is that you can park it near the place you are going to and after this you leave it in your house to use it again whenever you need it.

In my opinión if you can afford to have a cari t will be more convinient because you will be more commfortable to move around the city and travell to some other places if you want .

Gino Rocco