today we're going to be taking you on two easy day hikes in the town of esquel
because when you're not riding the old Patagonian Express encountering 2700
year old trees in Los Alerces National Park or stuffing your face with pizza
and pasta and the town's many restaurants there are actually some fun
nearby trails to tackle so that's the plan for today's video but first you
guys have to meet our cat friend she walked into her apartment on the first
day we arrived and pretty much made herself at home this is the sweetest cat
ever it's a little girl cat she just decided she was gonna come and hang out
with us she's sleeping on my arm you didn't even put it there like this okay
we are well on our way so we basically crossed the whole town of Esquel
heading north along Fontana uphill uphill continues uphill now we've got
this sign it says laguna la zeta yeah three kilometers that's River going oh
we've only just begun work off that massive parrilla we had for luch yeah as an FYI
you can take a taxi all the way up and then walk down that's what a lot of
people do I think it's not the lazy way I would say a lot of people did I think
Audrey was hoping to do no no no no that's what locals told us to do they're
like it see take a taxi walk down I'm gonna
enjoy walking off the parrilla let's do it
lots of people heading up probably for sunset yeah guys the trail does get
better yeah we're off of the dirt road we're actually making trail so quiet
it's peaceful we're not thinking about vehicles coming or dust blowing in her
face oh yeah we're just surrounded by pine trees and pine cones all over the
ground this is what we envisioned this is what we hiked but I have to admit
even though we did walk off that you know like the dirt the dirt road yeah
some amazing views of esquel and we got I mean the higher we got yeah we're spectacular the
panoramas became yeah there was just quite a bit of traffic on the road like
there's a lot of people driving up with their kayaks yeah it looks like family
groups so you get these like clouds of dust everyone's everyone's rushing for
sunset you mean sunset we can see the water the lake does exist I was starting
to wonder we're here oh there's drinks or ice cream up here Oh Oh we'll be
first in line my friends
we found a shortcut hmm yeah we're heading back down the
mountain into town to esquel we're gonna go to her cottage enjoy a lovely picada
yeah well show you all that cats gonna join us yeah
hello hello we are back at the place bottle of red wine I pick this one you
did and it's fantastic I've been having some sips it's my favorite are you it is
a Malbec 2017 of course from Mendoza Argentina oh so
good it's velvety smooth velvety smooth I have a good taste
you're welcome and we prepared a little picada back on our platter diet yeah
back on the platter diet this is awesome wolf and the mosquitos are whoa yeah
they've noticed we're here soon banana Parmesan cheese apple green pepper green
olives crackers bits of different types of salami green olives
that's salted almonds awesome variety we can't wait to show you what we get up to
while we're here it's gonna be a lot of fun alright guys we are getting ready to
walk up the mountain I really bundled up for this one it's a windy day so I'm
wearing Sam's a jacket because I didn't bother
packing one I was thinking summer in Argentina yeah we still need to get some
more gear like the temperatures are dropping so much in the morning yeah we
need to probably get some warmer socks we need to get some winter like in fall
hats hats maybe mix so we do need to go shopping maybe we'll even do that today
when we go into town yeah there's some really good outdoor outfitter stores so
yeah let's see what we can find for now thanks for sharing like I'm looking for
something like this just in my size and a woman's cut because this fits funny
cuz I don't get it cool idea I find to really I do like to keep my ears warm
yeah I'd love to have a warm hat now funny part is that some people are
wearing t-shirts and tank tops and I'm just like how are you doing this but
yeah we're basically walking out of the city of esquel now we have to go through a
neighborhood and then the trail starts leading you up the mountains who are
walking on 25 de Mayo that's the name of the street and we've kind of
left like the city center and we're on a steep incline at the moment oh well it
is a steep way up my friend but we are starting to get some views of esquel
just behind
well impressive mountains all around oh my gosh yeah so when we were first
climbing up it looked like we were gonna be taking sort of a straight path right
to the top of the mountain that we're planning to climb but it's not it's kind
of veered off to the left and that means we're a little bit further away from the
city but we have this insane view of the mountain range over there like that's
not something we've seen since we've been in esquel like with this kind of
view so it's been incredible and the hike has been really cool it was
actually steeper at the beginning you know this part is this flat for a while
I've been feeling that we may be like veering and kind of circling around to
get to the top but we have no idea since we we didn't really read about this hike to cerro de la cruz
we're just winging it and so far it's been great
well guys we are back we're back in a little cottage apartment desert was
amazing before we talk about anything else we talk about anything else
we haven't been filming a lot this afternoon though we came back from the
hike we did we took a siesta wait we did not reach the summit of cerro de la cruz no we made it like
halfway up the mountain and it was getting so windy and then we kind of got
off the trail and then we ran into a French couple and they're like yeah
you've still got an hour to go now just getting up would have an extra hour
going back and we're like errands to run we're back into town so we did not reach
the summit but you get really cool views of esquel halfway up because you kind
of have this view point where there's no trees there's a bit of a clearing
honestly it's it's an incredible thing even if you don't make it all the way up
to the top yeah yeah we did just go about halfway
you got some phenomenal views also when I told you that the path wasn't getting
is steep that's because we were going the wrong way the wrong way yeah but it
was it was a good mistake to make because we got some great views of a
mountain range of wouldn't have seen otherwise yeah and then after the hike
okay ran errands remember there was a tour we wanted to go out so we asked the
taxi drivers and the meece how much money they wanted to take us out to be
that bad either it was like 230 US dollars yeah the guy's like he did the
math it's gonna be a hundred kilometres times 35 people are good on the way back
nine thousand pesos recorded me and was oh you can't you can't negotiate with
that kind of an offer so we booked it for we wrote the to her it's gonna be
$60 each and the nice thing about doing the tour is that I mean we'll have a
guide we'll get more background information and we get lunch we get a
in that so it's it's it worked up for the best
yes and yeah so that after the we came back it took a little nap we got
a little peckish because 8 o'clock is a long time to wait
for pizza so we end up going up Kate yeah it's delicious and then after cake
we've been shopping because you know we didn't we bought that summer summer
clothes it's surprisingly cold in esquel the wind the wind factor is increased so
this right here is a new flannel shirt I got this for I think 16 US dollars yes
really nicely is warm you got a new jacket let's do
show-and-tell you have a shopping bag we do oh my gosh
I hope I'm not like showing my I felt like underwear drawing all over the
apartment let's move in this direction you first first no you first
you have more purchases well this is the most exciting project I mean this is Sam
is becoming a Gaucho Gaucho hat look this is Tolosa to Peeta I mean what this
from a shop where they specialize in this so let me try it on for you guys
they had cotton hats and wool hats wool for the south cotton for the north so
apparently in terms of styling it you can kind of wear it any way you can like
go like that wear it back where I think it looks kind
of silly if I wear it forward but um super comfortable Sam needs to discover
his Gaucho style yeah and it just it's it just feels so good like I love
collecting hats and I do not have a go-to hot
so this is the first gotcha hat that I'm buying hopefully not my last one
mmm and what else did you get oh what's up just those two items you also know
and we got wool hats with what we got two kinds of wool hats they fit both of
us so I mean doesn't really match actually your jacket so oh yeah I've
been wearing you wanna pull it out I've been wearing Sam's winter jacket because
I didn't pack one it's all right to the tomboy pretty much better yeah you're
wearing this over pizza you'll get to see this when we going yeah it's kind of
like black gray bit of green it's nice it feels so anyway so that's what we've
been up to this afternoon yeah and this was what's the closest to us thoughts
yeah I mean it's the cheapest one I could find they had some jackets that
were like the equivalent of 500 Canadian dollars and we're like what and look
guys just as we're heading out for pizza
yeah this is the second meow Z we've met so far oh look the salami familiar they
live together owners yeah you you adjust it because yeah I've seen them walking
into the supermarket like the only place you absolutely they are those you cats
yeah and they're well taken care of like she takes them to the vet and she feeds
all the local strays right so we're gonna start shopping at her place a lot
to support her there's me looking happy anyways we're gonna start getting
ready I also have to apologize for the huge mess that is our apartment right
now well this is realistic when we give you guys apartment tours and then we
clean up please that's esquel ours you're living here yeah that's just a
little that's when we're packing up to leave yeah and this is the real deal
okay we're messy
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