Tour de France...?Tour du Mount Blanc..?Tour of Duty...?no no...TOUR AL TRONADOR!!
Si por que no ??Después de todo esta genial,esta acá cerca.....hay mucho para ver y no te tenemos que ir tan lejos...
Así surgió la idea del tour del Tronador...que hay para ver?? hummm de todo supongo.Es una montana ,dos lagos ,muchos ríos ,arroyos ,glaciares y tierra de gauchos y paisanos...
Se pueden apreciar muchos paisajes increíbles y con condiciones diversas...es así como se pasa de la alta montana y sus glaciares a la selva ,densa y húmeda de esta región.
Pero lo que tengo que admitir me sorprendió de este viaje la gente que fui conociendo...sobre todo en Chile donde se esta en contacto con paisanos de la zona que han vivido toda su vida en estos valles y montanas.
Me contaban muchos como gran parte de sus vidas habían pasado en esos parajes y hubo tiempos en que las familias fueron numerosas ....pero ahora nadie aparece cuando uno transita las casas o pequeños campos de la zona.
Si ya se que siempre hubo una migracion del campo hacia las ciudades....pero hoy es distinto.Creo que con otra promoción ,con turismo y agricultura se podría generar mucho mejor nivel de vida del que muchos pueden aspirar en sus trabajos de la ciudad!!
Esos fueron mis pensamientos mientras transitaba todo este recorrido....quizás mas "idílicos" que el mismo entorno...no?
Lo otro interesante fue ver dos puntos diversos del mundo turístico uno en Pampa Linda con su hostería (fotos) y entorno y otro el de Peulla ...con dos increíbles hoteles y un paso obligado del circuito
En fin .
Tour de France...? Tour du Mount Blanc..? Tour of Duty...? no no...TOUR OF TRONADOR!!
And why not? After all, it’s a great place to visit and it’s close…there’s a lot to see and you don’t have to travel too far. This is why I suggest doing a trip to Tronador.
What’s there to see?? Hmmmm….everything I guess. It’s a mountain with two lakes. It has many rivers, creeks, and glaciers, and it’s the land of gauchos and country folk.
You can appreciate many incredible landscapes with diverse conditions…this way, you can go from the high mountain and its glaciers to the dense, humid jungle of this region.
I have to admit, what surprised me about this trip was the people that I met…especially in Chile where I was in touch with the locals of the area that have lived their whole lives in those valleys and mountains.
I was surprised because it’s hard to imagine in 2010, with so many people focused on finding a better quality of life in the world, that people like this who live in a paradise (to put it one way) are staying alone and deserted as if these were the last moments in life.
They told me a great part of their lives had taken place in these spots, and there were times in which families were numerous…but now no one appears when passing by the houses or the little fields in the area.
Yes, I know that there’s always been a migration from the country to the cities…but today is different. I think that with tourism and agriculture now, you could generate a much better level of life than that which many are trying to achieve in the cities with their jobs!
Those were my thoughts while I was travelling on this journey…maybe a little more on the “idealistic” side.
It was also interesting to see two diverse points in the world of tourism. One in Pampa Linda with its hostería (photos) and environment, and the other was Peulla…with two incredible hotels and a necessary trip of the circuit “cruce de lagos” (“lake crossing”). Each one independent…but possibly connected as well.
After all, what attracts people is being able to finish a loop, and there are many different ways to complete that circuit. Longer, more “relaxed” so to say…but most importantly we can restart a lot of the routes for tons of the people in these communities. I think that it was also there where I finally understood the proposal for a mountain cabin in the “paso de las nubes.” (Although I still have my doubts!) Maybe it’s another link in the chain to be able to do the trek….hmmm maybe!
The final days before going back to the hosteria are through the Valdiviana jungle and hanging glaciers, like the Glaciar Frias. Anyways, everything has an end and after an average of six or seven days we come back to the beginning…Pampa Linda. A few mates, and why not a milanesa sandwich for a change in the menu!!
Finally, we’ll see what happens with time…hopefully more people can live in this environment and know to take care of it and appreciate it!