Complejo Bahia Brava Villa La Angostura

... it was all worth it. Patrick almost fell asleep. At the end of the trip, the photographer showed us a slideshow of the some 50 pictures he took, and we just had to fork out the 40 pesos for a CD, after paying over 200 pesos for the outing - one of those "it feels like a lot of money at the time but you won't notice it when you get home and would regret it later if you didn't do it" days. After the kayaking there was enough daylight left for us to do a 60km driving ...

... breakfast! We appreciated the special effort on their part. The breakfast buffet had fresh fruit, breads, juice, sweets and yogurt, all beautifully presented. You sit in front of the large picture windows facing the lake and leisurely let the day begin! If you want to eat at their restaurant for dinner, be sure to ask when you check in what nights they are open during ...

... its curative virtues. In fact its bark has a high percentage of Vitamin C and the infusion made out of it was given to people suffering from scurvy. There are also some bushes called "michay" and "calafate" that resemble a small leafed wild holly. At the waterfall, there are a variety of ferns. The type of rock in the ravine is of glacial origin. I am providing this information, not to bore the reader, but to say that it is a lush, diverse ...

And after all that photography I had to record the greatest thing about Bariloche and the best assistant ever! The wonderful, delightful, funny Mila Moo May! Mila is a street dog that Emma and John kidnapped and rescued and give her a wonderful home in Pudu! She is the best dog in the whole world, and quite a poser for the camera too!

... miss fresh healthy looking vegetables! They really don't know how to look after or sell vegetables here in Patagonia! But, apart from that, I don't miss much else! There was an Argentine lad here, who was just hanging around visiting a guest here, and he was making himself cups of tea and using the Internet and asking our paying guests to get off the computer when he wanted to use it and helping himself to the guest breakfast, he was also quite annoying and when I said this to him he ...

... die Katzen niedlich und die zwei Schaeferhunde sehr verspielt....muy bien. Sa/So hab ich das ganze Dorf/Stadt und die ersten kleinen Huegel zu Fuss erkundet. Ueberall Touristen, Schockoladenshops und sportshops wechseln sich ab und trotzdem ist einfach alles anders als bei uns. der schnee ist leider etwas knapp (alle beklagen sich) und leider habe ich bis jetzt noch nichts anstaendiges zum mieten gesehen. Da ubertreffen ...

... or 28 pounds!! Can you believe that? Where in the world would you get that? nowhere!! http://www.butterflypatagonia.com.ar/_e ng/filosofia.html As a result of this indulgence I spent the rest of the week watching TV, spending no money and wearing my elasticated waist sweat pants until my bloated tummy returned to its not so bloated state! Oh yeah, and running plan that I started? well that stopped almost as soon as it began! Running just ain't my thing! Eating is!

... volcanoes and mountian ranges. The lakes are so vast and plentiful that it seems like there is more water than land. Anyways, we got to Argentina only to dewscover that we were in the middle of nowhere with no available public transportation to our next pace of interest. Afterr a few failed attempts at hitching, one of the ladies who works at one of the two kiosks at the port ...

... for photos with tourists, and end up spending most of their time crammed under benches in refuge from the sun. Most people came for the hikes and as a gateway to the rest of Patagonia, but we were there for a rest and to sample the food - for some reason there is more variety of fresh produce up here near the ski fields than anywhere else in the country. Our hostel was owned by a Kiwi, and very laid back and well set up, so it was a great place to ...

... are on holiday! The only activity we did was rafting, for both of us the first time, but certainly not the last! It was very cool - especially the icy water :) We were picked up in the morning and after 2 hour driving had a small breakfast and put on ...