Bariloche (still)

Ah, good old Bariloche. We`re still here, that must be 9 days now, still tons of stuff to do but we`re getting slightly itchy feet. The hostel is doing another barbeque tonight ("asado"), it was great a few days ago, perfectly barbequed steak and a chorizo (2.40quid) - one guy went up for his sixth steak (not me! I only managed 4).

We went white water rafting yesterday, it was pretty good but the water level was quite low, it was pretty gentle. The guide insisted on doing a "hoorah!" with a paddle-on-paddle thing after each rapid though. Kayaking on the lake tomorrow, hopefully, then we head up to Villa La Angostura for mountain biking through the Siete Lagos (Seven Lakes). Well, sort off, more like 4.5 lakes with a detour to villa Traful in a 3-point turn followed by bus trip and 2.5 lake trip (no panniers, no bikes - 100km with backpacks is not fun).

I really have to rave about Jauja heladerio, 1gbp for 1/4kg icecream in a tub, 30 different flavours, all excellent but I`d especially recommend the chocolate profundia.

The weather`s getting quite a bit colder, we may have to do another 1000 miles north (Argentina == size of india, 1000 miles is nothing). Mendoza, then Salta is the plan, we`ll sort out a border crossing into Bolivia when we`re up there.