After our wonderful stay in El Chalten, we decided to follow the "backpackers trail" by bus. It turned out to be a looooong and boring trip (like crossing Texas on a very bumpy road in a small, incomfortable bus). Anyway, 3 days later, we were in El Bolson (after a long detour to Comodoro Rivadavia on the Atlantic Ocean). El Bolson is a very interesting "hippie" town. In 1984, it was declared Non-Nuclear Area in an attempt to preserve for future generations an area free of radioactive contamination. This active ... (more)