Hosteria La Pastorella
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A boat in Bariloche
... well than with a steak. The remainder of my time was spent on the beach by the lake as well as a boat ride out to Isla Victoria, where we hopped off for cheese and wine. With an array of walks to choose from we opted for more wine and just made it back to the boat just in time before it departed. The island was more or less deserted apart from a restaurant and thebeach was situated in a gorgeous cove with not another soul in ...
Bariloche
... park ranger with a chain saw. We were back in the hostel at 8, where we cooked our own dinners, watched some tv and headed to bed. We extended our stay by one night to take in more of Bariloche. The next day we did a self arranged hike up another part of the lake district. Again, lovely sights and a very cold wind. That night, we ate out in the nicest restaurant called Albertos. Eoin finally got his ...
The best chocolate in the world!
... or extra long legs, so I gave that one a miss.
The rest of the days was either spent at the hostel catching up with my blogs (sorry for being bombarded with the emails) or going out walking around the lake.
Tonight, a few people checked in who were at my hostel in Ushuaia so it was nice to see some friendly faces. I have been sat here chatting to the girls in my room having a good ...
Specialties
... plenty to offer.
Bariloche is famous for being the Switzerland of Argentina. (Or the Whistler of Argentina, to a lesser extent - it's the ski capital in winter, but a hiking destination in the summer.) Aside from the main streets crowded with stores looking like Swiss chalets with staff dressed in German style clothing, every other store seems to sell their own chocolate! After the long hike, we decided to reward ourselves with ...
Patagonia to the Lakes district
... close the massive face of the glacier where chunks of ice fall off into the lake creating thunderous booming noises along with the cracking of ice further up. It creates the effect that it is a living thing slowly creeping forward. It was a mesmerising thing to look at and watch in the hope of catching a glimpse of a really large chunk falling off. We decided since we were there to catch the boat out to the face of the glacier to get a close up view and truly ...