You may have seen this photo in the paper a little while ago....
A volcano in Chile just on the other side of Bariloche blowing it's stack. Argentina got a lot of the ash, which made the Argies gripe even more about the Chileans! (Bit like Aussie/Kiwi rivalry...). Some kids of Chilean parents wrote this on their ash-covered car:
"CHILEAN ASH" :-)
This was what it was like a few hours after the eruption (the volcano is about 1,000kms from where this photo is taken!) This is on the main trunkline through "the Valley" as they call the fruit belt that runs between Cipolletti - Villa Regina. It's a narrow highway one lane each way, heavily transited, lots of big trucks. Fortunately they're widening it. Here we have broken down on the way to Roca! Moises Fica fixing his car...
The ash descending like a thick fog around the streets of General Roca (where Adriana lives).
Our friend Adriana making "alfajores" - an Argentinian specialty. Two biscuits made of cornflour sandwiched together with the ever-present dulce de leche and the sides rolled in coconut. To earn a bit of pocket money she makes things like this to sell. Often people who know she cooks and bakes will put in an order. Ramona intent on the news!
One block from Adriana's house. Note the street signs. All the towns are set out in blocks, each block measures 100 metres. The street signs have numbering on each block, so when you're looking for an address you know where to turn. Also most streets are one-way, due to the narrowness of them, hence the arrow on the sign denoting which direction the traffic goes....all new things to learn when driving around here!! No Give Way and Stop signs, so as you slowly approach each intersection you look for the arrow, which in turn tells you where to look to check for traffic coming.
This is where we wait for the bus that takes us from Roca to Cipolletti and Neuquen. Ash haze.
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