bruce from bryce

As I mentioned in my last post there was something wierd going on when we arrived in Buenos Aires. When checking in the agent could not print out our boarding passes for the follow-on flight from Lima, Peru to Los Angeles. She told us the flight was closed and I suggested that we go get dinner then come back to get our passes. After a great meal of McDonalds (the restaurant had the exact same things we had been eating for 30 days) we went back to the LAN counter and they printed our boarding passes. No mention of anything wrong so we got on-board and headed to Lima. Found our gate number and noticed that the flight was delayed. When we arrived at Gate 21 there were security barriers setup to keep people away from ... read more

Mt. Tronador is about 2 1/2 hours by bus from town and Michiko decided not to do the trip up to Refugio Otto Meiling, so I caught an early morning bus to Pampa Linda. Got my informational pass and started on the 5 hours trek from 1050m to the refugio that is at 2000m. Not too difficult and I even threw in a 1 hour sidetrip to see the base of the Overno Glacier. As I was approaching the base of the mounbtain I heard a loud crack and knew that The Thunderer (literal translation of Tronador) was active and I quickly drew out my camera and took two photos of a massive icefall. This is not unusual but you have to be there to experience the actual occurance. I took a total of 5 1/2 ... read more

What is that outside? By god the sun does shine in Western Argentina. After one week here in Bariloche the low clouds and rain have been replaced by high clouds, low winds and no wind in the forecast. Temps got up to close 70 and for the next few days will be around 76. more like normal. Spent the day gathering information for our future treks and also shopping at various stores for needed food and supplies. Boy are the prices for consumer goods high. Food in restaurants is fairly inexpensive and the portions are, shall we say gigantic! We've been taking leftovers home for the past 5 days. A few rolls of bread and our dinner is set. We have yet to go out to a late dinner which begins at 8pm - too old ... read more

Michiko and I start our journey on Thursday, Jan 28th, traveling from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, Lima (Peru), Buenos Aires (3 days), then on to Bariloche. We'll be providing interesting insight into this amazing area of Argentina and include photos that show the fantastic scenery. Hopefully I will be able to keep the blog updated regularly. Sit back and enjoy the ride. Up at 5:00AM on Jan 28th and 22 hours later we were in Buenos Aires. Arrqnged for a taxi through Ezeiza Cab for $32US/$131AP directly to our B&B. Tesorito is only one block from the intersenction of Pueyrrondan & Santa Fe just outside of Regoleto. Subway is 3 minutes away plus many buses. The high priced restaurant (excellent food) Oviedo is just 10 minutes up Eucador Street. Rained heavily Friday night but cooled ... read more