Blogs from San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina, South America - page 67

Hallo ihr Alle, nach unserem traumhaften Aufenthalt auf der Estancia Peuma Hue (dazu mehr in einem anderen Blog) sind wir nun wieder zurueck in San Carlos de Bariloche, der Schweiz Suedamerikas. Und die schweizerischen bzw. deutschen Spuren sind nicht nur im Stadtbild immer wieder zu entdecken, sondern auch in kulinarischer Hinsicht: Leckere Schokolade gibt es hier in allen Variationen und auch das Kaesefondue fehlt nicht auf den Speisekarten. Auch ansonsten ist Bariloche eine wunderschoene Stadt am Lago Nahuel Huapi, umgeben von Bergen, Bergen, Bergen und See, Seen, Seen. Auch weiterhin begleitet uns das schoene Wetter und so haben wir bei ausgiebigen Spaziergaengen Bariloche und seine Umgebung erkundet & am Seeufer gesessen, bevor wie uns fuer unseren Estanciaufenthalt bei einer richtigen Shoppingtour neu eingekleidet haben... Hier aber vorerst mal Fotos ... read more

I don´t know what to say about my first trip into Argentina but don´t believe everything you read in the Lonely Planet. They decribed a way to get into San Martin de los Andes, Argentina, that was "fabulously scenic", so of course Scott and I decided to go that way instead of the easy and straight forward bus ride from Valdivia. It went something like this - we got a bus at 10:30am to Panguipulli and arrived at 1pm, at which time we directly boarded a bus to Puerto Fuy. Puerto Fuy is where we would then catch the ferry to Puerto Pirehueico on Lake Pirehueico. This would then put us in position to catch another bus across the border and into San Martin. Already the one bus for eight hours sounds better, no? Well, yeah, ... read more

¡BARILO-BARILO-NOS ESTAMOS EN BARILO-BARILOCHE! The smells are what bring back the most memories for me. The sweet warm chocolate being stirred with care and experience, the cool Andean air whistling on the top of the ski hill, the smell of crispy meat being cooked in all shapes and sizes eveywhere, the aerosol deoderant that was sprayed on for thirty seconds too many, and the smell of my favorite restaurants and favorite spots by the lake, all combined with the smells of disel engines polluting our nostrils and random smells of ass here and there that swirl together in harmony to remind me of my exchange year. It is great being back in San Carlos de Bariloche! Lindsay and I met up with Stephanie Overend at the bus station on sunday after noon and since then we ... read more

Hi everyone!! Well we finally made it to Bariloche after a 20 hour bus ride... the seats were great and 'semi camas' (semi beds) so we were pretty comfortable... unfortunatly the water tank for the bathroo0m was above us and started to leak (don't worry - clean water) so we had to rig up a holder using a plastic sandwich container and dental floss. We didn't manage to sleep much despite the great seats (on the top floor with a great view) because I guess they forgot to turn off out air conditioner and it was about 4 degrees by our seats. All we had to warm us up with here soggy towels and sweaters! But we made it here and met up with Steph our friend from Canada who is doing an exchange to Chile, ... read more

I hate to always do this, but Bariloche brought me back to the land of “this reminds me of…”, since nothing in Patagonia had reminded me of anything, not even Alaska, I guess I couldn’t help myself. But Bariloche is like Lake Tahoe. It’s a charming, expensive, ritzy town on a beautiful lake surrounded by mountains and ski resorts. Anyway, I cut this from an email to Martha to describe my primary adventure in Bariloche: ...Martha, I might have your missing the bus tale topped. get this. so you told me there was this easy breezy hike up at Cerro Catedral, right? so i tried to book a tour, but all were booked so I just caught the bus (btw, the weather has been AWESOME, so who minded walking around town to catch the bus) I ... read more