A lake in the mountains

A lesson I have learnt on the road is that, when "bad" things happen or just don´t work out as planned  (...and when do they ever!!?) we immediately get frustrated and miss out on the opportunities that arise. I woke up one morning, set to run some errands, eat breakfast and be on my way to another park early to climb El Tronador.

But, things did not go as planned and I arrived just 20 min late to the park entrance (with traffic in just one direction during most of the day). I was not permitted to enter. Well, I decided to visit another area of the park instead and set off.

After seeing the powerful waterfall, someone had mentioned that there was a beautiful camping spot up an 4x4 road. I took off the main road, glanced at the "extremely hard conditions" as I passed by. It is definitely not a road for a normal car, but after 20-30 min I finally arrived to a glade with a little hut.

When I turned off the engine, I was surrounded by complete silence and peace! "Wow, what is this place!" After talking to he fisherman residing by the lake, I set up camp next to this incredible lake, completely surrounded by green mountains. In the distance there was no doubt that it was El Tronador that rose with its mighty glacier and snow covered peaks above the other mountains. 

The view from my tent

The fisherman took me for a ride to see the

When sometimes "bad" things happen to you, it may be a detour to something better than you had originally planned.