Nevada Hotel Bariloche San Carlos de Bariloche

... dat we door een controle post weer terug werden gestuurd naar de grensovergang. Bleek dat de smokkel meneer zijn boete met vals geld had betaald. Ik heb me maar heel hard proberen te concentreren op de prachtige omgeving, want dat was het, maar de ergenissen en mijn zere kont van de harde stoelen hadden de negatieve overhand.<br>O en ik heb nog niet eens verteld van mijn taxifahrer in Santiago, die voor mijn neus in elkaar geslagen werd en daarna doodleuk in de taxi stapte en mij ...

... found myself reminded of Mary when seeing the romance between Wolverine and his girlfriend, and found myself laughing hysterically at the special effects. They were bad as though scenes would all of a sudden turn into the graphics from Tron. Additionally, the sound editing was way off and the credits were those from the other X-Men movies. By the end, I realized that Flecha Bus somehow got a hold of a workprint version of the film and that ...

... to book a bus ticket out of there for Saturday. It means missing Cerro Campanario (One of the top ten views in the world according to National Geographic), but I can't wait for the weather to come good as I fly out of Santiago on Thursday night next week. Saturday, onward to Chile. Hopefully the weather will be better in Pucon.

... alors ça ne marchait pas. Finalement elle est allée s'installer dans la soute du bus pour faire sa petite popote, ce qui a donné des photos vraiment marrantes! À part ça nous avons tué le temps comme nous pouvions, à lire, discuter, écouter de la musique, jouer aux cartes, et faire un petit concert improvisé avec les deux guitares du bord. :) Finalement le bus de secours est arrivé à presque minuit, après 6 heures d'attente. Il nous restait 3 heures de route jusqu ...

A quick note to say that we are moving on from the Lakes District of Argentina. This most magnificent area is well worth a visit. We got plenty of climbing in the mountains as per our last post and then spent several days exploring the great sport ...

... how these cars mange to still function I do not know, they were hilarious! Eventually 2 days later, we had an e-mail from Navimag to say that the boat in a weeks time would now be running so all our time researching was wasted!! Anyway it did mean we had to now kill time for a week so we decided to do Spanish school!! Both of us had wanted to do this on the trip but time and money had hindered us, so we decided to stay in Bariloche for another ...

... of the trekking capitals of Patagonia' so is a must for us.<br><br>We looked at flights (which were sold out on the day that we wanted and also really expensive) before begrudgingly settling on another VERRRRRRY long bus... In fact, the SHORTEST service offered to El Calafate is about 30 hours!<br><br>Yes, that's THIRTY HOURS ...

... the area here with a combination of buses and our hiking feet. What a beautiful place to spend the weekend before heading into Chile again (back on the buses) to head for Puerto Montt and Puerto Varas in search of volcanoes. Not too active though we hope as don't think our tent would give us much protection against molten lava!! One thing we will ...

... at the top and a line coming off the bottom corner and I tell him it looks more like a martini glass (which it did). The chick decides it`s time to go crash and I give up on trying to make a move since it`s freezing and she is sharing a tent with another girl anyways so where is this going to go (it`s a good thing I didn`t try to kiss her or anything because I would have been drastically shot down and felt stupid, stay tuned for why in about a month). Fin

... we need to constantly push ourselves? Is it a human trait or is it something that I enforce on myself that is not necessary? Days pass and slowly dust settles. An interesting phrase as when it is dry ans warm here, the dust never settles. It becomes a familiar smell int he nostrils and taste in the mouth, not to mention how the skin and hair feels. Does it not sound attractive? It is an everyday thing which you accept and become accustomed to. And it really doesn't bother you that much.