Argentina 8 – Nothofagus

We stayed at Nothofagus guest house and it also had the feeling of a ski lodge. It was cosy and welcoming. Nothofagus is the name of the prevalent tree in this area. The tree was weirdly familiar to me but I just couldn’t place it, then one one of our walks I remembered it is (or a close relative is) also a native tree to New Zealand. I did a whole post on how New Zealand and South America were once part of the same land mass and share a number of similar and related plant species.

We had a lovely day walking. The short walks are very accessible and well marked. It’s probably best the pictures tell their own story.

It looks lonely but it wasn’t, this was quite a popular path.

The next shots are Jaynes. The birds here are sometimes startling. Often they have red eyes and I wonder what evolutionary developmental purpose they have. The wood peckers were a treat, about six in total until a chap came along and chased them away by trying to get too close. Jayne was annoyed!