Berny's photos

"Bridge" across the outlet of Lago del Desierto, very stable ;-)) - scanned slide, Minolta X700

On the way from El Chalten to Lago del Desierto. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

On the way from El Chalten to Lage del Desierto. The mountain range in the background leads to Cerro Eléctrico and Monte Fitz Roy. The PiP shows the bridge from where this photo was taken, in the year 2015. - scanned slide, Minolta X700 (main image)

Open Street Map is wrong here, actually it's Ruta Provincial 23, which leads along Rio Electrico north of El Chalten. The mountain in the background is most probably Cerro Aniversario. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

seen in El Chalten, Patagonia - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Back again on Ruta 40, pure gravel. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Morning in the valley of Rio Pinturas, seen from Cueva de las Manos upstream. In 2000 there were no tourists, no facilities, pure nature. In the meantime a visitor center and even a small airstrip has been built nearby. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of the Hands or Cave of Hands) is a cave and complex of rock art sites in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, 163 km south of the town of Perito Moreno. It is named for the hundreds of paintings of hands stenciled, in multiple collages, on the rock walls. The art in the cave dates to between 11000 to 7500 BC, during the Archaic period of pre-Columbian South America, or the late Pleistocene to early Holocene geological periods. - scanned slides, Minolta X700

Northeast of Bajo Caracoles, where we spent the night in a tiny rudimentary hostel, we reached this beautiful valley by Ruta Provincial 101. Many archaeological and paleontogical sites are in this area, e.g. paintings of hands, made by the indigenous inhabitants, 9000 years ago. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Now there are fences along the path and you can only access the site with a guide. Times have changed. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

scanned slide, Minolta X700

After completing the "Ruta 41"-stream with photos from the 2015-journey, I continue with impressions from the 2000-trip. Looking back to the Andes range, driving to the small village Bajo Caracoles, hoping for a place for the night. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

HFF and a safe and sunny weekend everyone!

Near the village "Lago Posadas" the same-named lake is located....