Sunday, March 22, 2009

Propiedad Privada



Bariloche´s lake (Nahuel Huapi) has "beaches" but as we found out Sunday, access is not always that easy. We walked for more than two kilometres before finding a road that led to a track between two large properties which was an unmarked route to the lake.
Though I was fuming at the time, when we walked a few km further on the road we saw signs of resistance to this, including a meeting that had taken place the previous day, citing the Argentine Constitution.
It does not seem a uniquely Argentine problem if our experience outside Santiago, Chile is anything to judge by. Sometimes we in Britain don`t realise how successful our efforts have been (New Labour defended the right to roam (just not for Iraqis)).

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