Tis getting cold going South

12 Nov Fiachras freind Trevor arrived this morning and we booked our bus tickets south to the town of Bariloche. Didnt do much else today other than relax in the sun and eat great food.

13 Nov Walked around Mendozas park today which was nice. I looked at their newly built University which was clad almost entirely in mirrored glass. Sitting across the road in a cafe drinking a coffee and looking at it I could hardly see it as it reflected all the trees around it. Fantastic modern architecture methinks. That evening we left for Bariloche, the bus broke down on the way and we were stuck for an hour in some bus station somewhere.

14 Nov Our, due to arrive, 1.30pm bus arrived in Bariloche at 4.30pm. Bariloche seems like a nice town, it is famous for its Swiss heritage, skiing and its chocolate. I am looking forward to exploring it and its environs. Checked into a hostel called '1004'. Its a 10th floor double penthouse apartment and has amazing views over the lake and the town.

15 Nov Walked around town today and saw the Cathedral & chocolate shops. Its a pricey place so we cooked a big casserole in the hostel and bought a few bottles of good wine (E3 per bottle). The hostel were having a wine tasting party that night and to get in you must bring a bottle per person over E3.50 per bottle. We had drank all our good stuff so we filled our expensive bottles with the cheap stuff (80c per bottle)and in we went. We were sick laughing and the faces of disgust when somebody tasted our wine.

16 Nov Went on a 16km walk today. We thought it was going to be a nice scenic walk around the lake on trails etc but it ended up being on the side of a busy road, we were pissed off we didnt rent bikes instead. At the end of the walk we got the bus home. It was a 45 minute journey on twisty, turney, stop start roads. We put on our sunglasses and pretended we were asleep as older women and women with kids started giving us the `I need that seat more than you do look´,but we were fecked. Met Stephanie and Rose, our dutch freinds at the Irish bar tonight which was a good night (the rest of Nov 16 has been censored)

17 Nov Didnt do much today. Hung around town and as it was Trevors birthday, we were busy buying him a present and a cake. Had good celebrations in the hostel and they put up decorations and balloons for the occaision. Was a good night.

18 Nov After a restless night of complaints to security about noise from our room, the hostel were glad to see the back of us. Two dry arse Bask Spaniards girls took a dislike to our mild AM chorus of booze, birds and birthday celebrations and complained to security. Fiachra threw a few F's at them afterwards for not asking us to pipe down first and they started shouting at us and slamming doors etc. They were psychos.
Later that day we got the bus to a small town south called 'El Bolson'. Its a nice little place with a hippy past and a real chilled out atmosphere. Familiarised ourselves with our surroundings and took it easy.

19 Nov Cristina left us today to go back to Bariloche and we met another lad called Wesly. The 4 of us rented mountain bikes and cycled 36km to a lake called Lago Puelo. It was a lovely spot but the road to there was busy. Went to a microbrewery bar/restaurant that evening to have a taste of the beers and eat dinner. We ordered one of every beer they had and had our own little beer tasting. Was a good laugh.