Hey Everybody!
We last left you getting ready for our 20 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires to Bariloche. We did make it ... however the trip lasted closer to 24 hours due to a protest of some sort which closed the road. Mind you there is only one very very very long road to Bariloche, so there was no going around it! If this was not enough, we were forced to watch a scary movie where a guy is killed by flies. Well we think he was, to be honest we'd both stopped watching at that point and fortunately could only hear every couple of words and the screaming!! Case 39 is NOT a movie I would recommend, especially on a bus with small children!! HONESTLY!!! Well, atleast it was in English?
Bariloche is a nice town and we are ranking this hostel as our top one so far! (Green House Hostel) And possibly the best food we've had/will have on this trip ... Di Como - it was this amazing trout sorrentini!!!!!!Then walked to the Alpine Club Information Center ... tossers!
We're both in agreement that today has been the best day of our trip so far!! Out to the bus stop for our 9.20am bus which would take us to Colonia Suiza (or the stop just before it). Bus number 11 drove passed us at 9.20am, Steph said, "it's not the number 10" as the bus headed around the corner Anna said, "that was our bus!"
Hmm, well this was a slight predicament as the next bus wouldn't drive by until 11.20am ... so we waited and diliberated and decided that maybe we'd just catch the number 51 bus and find the village where it ends. Okay, not great, but oh well, these things happen ... and then bus number 11 was heading towards us!!! It was flagged down and we jumped on! How the heck that happened, we still have no idea - must have just been lucky?!
Jumping off the bus, we started our hike! This was our first meeting with, "the wanker in red!" (I have a feeling only a few people will get this ... he wasn't even wearing red!) As we trod up the hill this guy went by, this is normal for Steph as she will get to the top ... she just takes more time than the average person. About 20 minutes later we passed him. We continued to leap frog back and forth until he stormed passed us grumpy that we were ahead again!
The "3 or 4 hour hike" that 3 people had told us it would take to get to Refruigo Lopez took us under 2 hours ... as it wasn't even time for lunch we continued up the scrambly rocky mess to the peak closest to us. And WOW!! I thought the Colorado Rockies were amazing ... well, this does not compare!!! It would be like comparing the Yorkshire Moors to Glen coe!
We had no problems catching the bus back to the hostel and even treated ourselves to ice cream at Jaula's. mmm!! The day culminated in us queing at the gas station behind 6 other cars ... needless to say the guy driving the car behind us was amused!
We're off on a 3 day trek tomorrow and hope the views are as good as they were today!
Later gators!
Anna and Steph
p.s Ice Creams Tasted:
Tiramasu, ***Mascapone y rasberries, Chocolate Brownie, Mint Chocolate Chip, Lemon Pie, Seuco con dulce de oveja, Cherry, Pistacio, Kiwi, Coconut, White Chocolate, Chocolate Chip, Banana Split, Dulce de Leche con Neuz, Plum, Watermelon, Lemon, Fruits of the Forrest & Sambrueyo
***denotes the winning ice cream thus far
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