Villa Sofia Apart Hotel E Spa San Carlos de Bariloche

... een nacht een kamer geboekt om geld uit te sparen, dus nu is het een beetje de tijd doden in het hostel met internetten, thee drinken, lezen etc.

In Ushuaia gaan we couch surfen. Ben benieuwd, heb ik ook nog niet eerder gedaan. Is ieg weer wat goedkoper en dat geld kan ik goed gebruiken in Patagonia, want het is hier allemaal hardstikke duur. Wat het met name duur maakt is, dat je bij alle nationaal parken toegangs geld moet betalen en dat bovenop de tour prijs of de bus ...

... sur son epaule et qui, desequilibre par le poids de son outil et de tt ses sacs, souvre la tete sur la route... sans gravite mais un peu sonne
jarrive au milieu des bois, et la je mapercois que les eaux gratuites en plein air sont fermees 8(cause de renovation) dc je rentre ds le complexe et trouve que la grosse piscine est un peu chere, ns je ne suis pas venue la pour rien alors quitte payer ...

... the winter time, the area turns into the Aspen of Argentina and in summertime it is a paradise for outdoors enthusiasts as well as families seeking to soak up a little bit of the wilderness. Bariloche is connected to its natural surroundings and the bus stand by a tremendous local bus system. Arriving haggard and tired from a long 17 hour bus journey, I hopped on the local bus and made my way to my hostel, in the heart of town, La Barraca ...

... clear beautiful blue lake entirely surrounded by mountains. It was like something out of a postcard. The day was calm and the lake was mirror-smooth, which is why I found the heavy-duty touring kayaks complete with skirts to be a bit of overkill. They seemed better suited to sea kayaking or river kayaking than the calm, lazy lake kayaking that we were doing. It was nice being on the water for a little while, though ...

... tracks on the Carretera Austral to Puerto Montt. It looked like an amazing adventure until I received and email from Giuliano: the road's closed because of the eruption of the Chaíten volcano, and big storms in the Pacific prevent the passenger boats from sailing. He was stuck there, had to come back to Argentina to go up to Bariloche, and was telling me not to come over, that it was a dead end. Fair enough. I received the message late the day before my departure, so I didn't ...

Entered Chile without any problems. We planned on going to a national park just inside the border but were being charged the same amount to the antional park as we were to a town 1 hour away so we decided to skip it. Went to our furtherst southern point,Puerto Varas. Struggled a bit to find a camping spot but ended up camping in a lady's backyard that she lets traveller's stay in during the high season. Used her kitchen and bathroom, a good way to make ...

... better! Funny how things have changed from Bolivia, where if there was a reclining seat you would be happy! The journey was fairly uneventful and we got to Bariloche at about 10pm George having booked us into a hostel over the phone. We arrived at the hostel and checked in. It was a funny place completely made from wood, with a great kitchen. Rooms seemed to exist everywhere and people would emerge from the ceiling randomly ...

... look worse in bikini`s. Unless they are hot to begin with, then they look even hotter, but just a cute girl in a bikini usually looks worse, just my opinion, girls could probably say the same about dudes). The water is a bit cold but it`s so hot out that it`s actually perfect. I hop back on my bike and I see the chick`s car who asked me for a light (at least I think that`s her car, there are a line of parked cars) and I bust out a piece of paper and write ...

... hopping around on the floor. Apparently this was a Chucau, a flightless bird found only in this area, and very rarely seen. The Argentinian family were going bananas over seeing it, and then when another family caught up, they were also very excited. So I suppose we were very fortunate to see the bird. We spent a short while at the lake enjoying the 30 degrees plus weather, then decided to catch the bus back to Bariloche and this is when our ...

... are blossoming in the gardens. T.: Yesterday was a day where I could be proud of my athletic girl friend. R.: Finally... T.: No, no I had been proud of you, too when you finished the very strenuous 12 hours glaciar trek in Elchalten in only 11 hours!!! R.: But we are in Bariloche entry here. Well, we arrived in Bariloche in the morning so we could only start thte bike trip in the afternoon. We went through woods, along ...