Berny's photos

The next lake of this Argentinean lake region, the last one for a while ;-) All the recent lake photos have been taken in the "Parque Nacional Los Alerces". Alerce or Fitzroya is a monotypic genus in the cypress family. The single living species, Fitzroya cupressoides, is a tall, long-lived conifer native to the Andes mountains of southern Chile and Argentina, where it is an important member of the Valdivian temperate rain forests. Common names include alerce, lahuán (Spanish, from the Mapuche Native American name lawal), and "Patagonian cypress". The genus was named in honour of Robert FitzRoy. scanned slide, Minolta X700

This region of Argentina is for lake-lovers ;-) scanned slide, Minolta X700

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Confluence of the rivers south of Lago Verde. scanned slide, Minolta X700

Bridge downstream of the confluence of Rio Mendez and Rio Arrayanes. The view in the PiP is from the bridge and goes upstream, on the left side is Rio Arrayanes, on the right side Rio Mendez, coming from Lago Menéndez. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Cerro Piltriquitron (2284 m) seen from the little Hospedaje Steiner in El Bolsón, owned by two sisters from Burgenland/Austria (they immigrated long ago and their husbands have died long ago)..... - scanned slide, Minolta X700

And we arrive at the next beautiful lake of this region, the "Lago Puelo" in the province of Chubut. The background mountain is Cerro Tres Picos (2492 m). The PiP's are from a visit 10 years later in 2010. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

The famous Llao Llao Hotel at Lago Nahuel Huapi. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

The Llao Llao Hotel is located in the tourist resort of San Carlos de Bariloche within the Río Negro, Argentina. This famous hotel is situated in the foothills of the Andes on a hill between the Moreno Lake and Nahuel Huapi lakes. The original hotel, designed by Alejandro Bustillo, was made almost entirely of wood and was destroyed by fire soon after its completion in 1939. A year later Bustillo built a new hotel out of reinforced concrete and stone, with the assistance of the German landscaping architect Hermann Botrich. It closed in 1976 due to lack of funds for maintenance. While it was closed, the hotel was exposed to robbery, vandalism and overall neglect. It was then renovated and reopened in 1993. The mountain in the right background is Cerro Lopez (2076 m). See PiP for overview! - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Bariloche is a city in the province of Río Negro, situated in the foothills of the Andes on the southern shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake. The city emerged in the 1930s and 1940s as a major tourism centre with skiing, trekking and mountaineering facilities. The city has a permanent population of about 130000. The name Bariloche comes from the Mapudungun word Vuriloche meaning "people from behind the mountain". - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Lago Nahuel Huapi is a lake in the lake region of northern Patagonia between the provinces of Río Negro and Neuquén, in Argentina. The June 2011 eruption of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex, in neighboring Chile, caused parts of the lake's surface to be blanketed in volcanic ash. During the Last Glacial Maximum of the Llanquihue glaciation the lake basin was wholly occupied by a glacier. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Baracoa 2007, scanned slide, Minolta X700 HFF and a very happy weekend everyone!

The so called Amphitheater at the beautiful Rio Limay, Neuquen, Argentina (Northern Patagonia). - scanned slide, Minolta X700

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View from Mirador del Viento at Ruta 65. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

scanned slide, Minolta X700