Exploring Patagonia - Ruta 40 - In the middle of nowhere - Bajo Caracoles

Moving back North on the Ruta 40 in the Santa Cruz Province, we stopped at Bajo caracoles that´s a small Patagonian settlement in the middle of nowhere, next big City is Perito Moreno (Not related to the Glacier).In between both lies "La cueva de las manos"

This cave is 40 clicks off the main highway on a gravel road. This paintings were made by the local cavemen thousands of year ago, even though they look like they were touched up a little.

In passing snapshot - Patagonian sunrise

Really, to be able to catch gorgeous sunrises on the road, the trick is to drive all night, cuz otherwise if someone wakes u up, you{ll be grumpy and sleepy and will take too long to reach the bloody camera and set it up.
I don´t know where exactly this is except that it was Santa Cruz province heading north on Ruta 40.

The trip toTandil - El Mundo del Dulce de Leche

If in Tandil, DO NOT MISS OUT, for all you DDL fans. "El mundo del Dulce de Leche" is a store dedicated exclusively to DDL products.

Be it the creamy version, or solid bars. or liqueur, or candy, you can find it there. But you can argue that there are many places like this in Argentina and even Uruguay.

The catch is that here they have the Crafted country style versions that you will not find in the big cities, the ones that come in a cardboard tub by the kilo.

Exploring Patagonia - Ruta 40 - El Chalten

"El Chalten" is a City in the Santa Cruz province located 213km north of "El Calafate" on the Northern tip of the Parque Nacional los glaciares.

The city itself founded in 1985 is composed of a series of outfitters, hostels and pubs, basically a backpackers haven. But the surrounding areas make it a must on any Patagonian excursion.

Ideal for hiking and biking. the "Chorillo del Salto" waterfall and the mirador Fitzroy are fantastic for a one day stopover.

The trip toTandil - Renzo´s Helados

Now Tandil has a very good epicurean selection, one of them being "Helados Renzos located at Gral. Rodriguez 792.

Renzo´s is a local Ice cream parlour that has traditional home made Italian style ice cream, it even boasts original flavours like the Baileys Irish cream, and of course the dulce de leche made with local DDL.

Exploring Patagonia - Ruta 40 - Torres del Paine - Take 2

I thought before moving on I would share some more pics from torres del Paine, since it yielded so many great shots.

At the "Buenos Aires celebra Irlanda"

Yesterday I had the chance to visit The "Buenos Aires celebra Irlanda" on occasion of Sat. Pats. It was held in central Plaza San Martin in the Retiro neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.

Even though there are many Irish descendants in Argentina, the fair was not that big and the kiosks sold all sorts of mismatch items, many not related to Ireland, and above all they did not have any Guinness beer, nor cold beer for that matter.
Even though they were following city legislation, they only had warm bottled beer which was a disappointment, since the day was warm enough for a cold beer.