Bariloche,
Argentina
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Twenty fours hours in a bus and this time without breakfast or lunch and then we find that the only campsite open is 17km away from the bus station. Not a good day so far. But the site, Camping Petunia, is in a beautiful location, right beside the lake. so we sat around for a couple of hours, made some food, watched the wildlife then pottered off to the nearest shop for a bottle of wine. Returned twenty minutes later to find the tent wide open and both our rucksacks gone. Thought I might throw up. Got the owners to call the police then scrambled through the bushes in the vain hope we catch the rats. No luck. About an hour later, Allan followed another rough trail and, oh my giddy aunt if he didnīt find our bags!! Looks like the thieves took them into the undergrowth and went through them with a fine tooth comb. They didn`t find much as we had all our valuables with us and our sleeping bags were already laid out in the tent so clearly too much hassle to take. They did make off with our rain gear, all Alīs clothes, our cooking stuff and a few toiletries but not much. We were very lucky this time - could have been a lot worse.
Amazingly, the police were great, even came and helped us search for stuff. We`d always been told that the police don`t do much in these situations so it was a pleasant surprise. Anyway, anyone reading this site who plans to camp in Bariloche - don`t go to Camping Petunia!!! Or if you do, then take a padlock and get them to lock your stuff up in their hostel.
