Residencial Nahuel Villa La Angostura

... arrayane forest. We have met up with Ferdinand and Cecilia from El Faro and together we walk the boardwalk at our own pace, taking photos of each other and yes, of the trees that nicely pose for us. Included in the fee of our boat ride is a cup of hot chocolate at the gift shop, so we sit on some picnic tables and indulge ourselves. Anything chocolate in Argentina is worth trying and is not disappointing! There is only one path that one can walk ...

... we even have a lounge area and outside terrace with bbq! Then we have one night in Hotel Angostura, which is right by the lakeside, with probably the best view around, and then it´s a bus on Sunday to Bariloche. Yesterday we hiked 30km, and today we are feeling it. We went to the National Park de los Arrayanes, which was a beautiful walk along the peninsula to a myrtle grove at the end (the ...

... ate the cake and didn't wear it all over themselves! The party was again great and went on all night, the latest one so far me thinks! About 7am and folks were still up and dancing, and falling over! I was outside chatting to someone who I can't even remember being there and even when I see the photos now still can't remember him being there! The next few days went by in a blur and I was really pleased when the snow came because it meant that we had an excuse to do nothing much except ...

... mit einem kleinen Bus stundenlang ueb** eine echt sehr holp**ige Strasse, mit sehr schoen** Aussicht in ein** frisch v**schneiten Gegend. Ich weiss nicht ob das Highlight d** grosse Gletsch**abbruch war (zu dem wir leid** wegen Schnee nicht so nahe ran konnten wie geplant und welch** ziemlich Wolkenv**hangen war) od** doch eh** dar ganz Junge Hund (eben P**ro ;-) ) welch** den groessten Spass im Schnee hatte, od** dann doch uns** spontane Fussmarsch durch ...

... of my pain was in my gall bladder and mouth! I put that down to the screaming! After a while I was making such a racket and drama, as Mark put it, that we got an audience of people who came to see the torture, I mean massage! They offered me no support or words of encouragement they just seemed to like seeing pain inflicted on people and kept laughing every time I yelled out! I didn't help that Mark kept on saying that ...

... Correntoso hotel and restaurant have catered to many fishermen over the years obviously. We enjoyed oven grilled lamb while sitting watching the sun set on a fishing boat out on the lake. What! No fish for supper? This restaurant was one of our accidental discoveries that proved to be a pleasant surprise. Back at the Casa del Bosque, we took advantage of the spa`s facilities then lounged at the side of the pool and read. It was our plan ...

... back and that is one of their claims to fame, plus of course the view. Peddled back on our bikes to the rental place and were pleasantly greeted by more fattening foods. Such delicious foods Argentina has. This one they gave us was called an Alfajor and it is a cookie/biscuit like caramel sandwich. The size of a cookie, made of shortbread or softer cake like substance, in the middle is dulce de leche (caramel spread) and then it is usually covered with ...

... in my opinion the chocolate was good (obviously, since I've already mentioned it) but since the town is heavily based in its Swiss cultural roots there's no way that a place could ever truly replicate its original. It's like saying little Italy is better than real Italy...that's just laughable. Dad had a fishing guide who took him fishing all three days we were there. Everyday he'd come back beaming; beaming from the intense sun that would burn him everyday ...

... wetsuits. After a brief explanation we jumped into the rubber rafts. The first rapids were not too fast, but a bit later they were correctly called 'rapids'. There were 2 photographers on the trips and they took a fair number of pictures, here's one ...

... ll have to pardon my language there. My boozing, womanizing ways are out of control! Even if I don´t go to Chile, I have to put my time to something more productive, like getting to know the world-class Argentinian rock music. There´s a good, old band called "Soda Stereo." Its music is a mix between progressive rock and 80´s music. The tone of the album, "Dynamo," has a lunar feel to it like relaxing music you´d hear on the moon. The songs of the album progressively go ...