Argentina photos

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Here are some pictures... sorry to spam you with blogs, but without getting into the details, it´s quite hard to upload photos from my camera, so needed to take the chance of a computer when I could get one.

Stella has headed off to Tierra del Fuego. R and my plans were somewhat foiled by the weather. Originally, we had thought we´d go to the top of a chairlift nearby for views, but it turned out to be extremely foggy, so we hit the city of Bariloche first. Our suspicion that the mist would burn off was correct though, so we managed to get stunning views of lake and mountains, but had to take our shopping with us.

And yes, some shopping did happen. First, we had to sample some of the amazing chocolate - this city is famous for a good reason, no false advertising here... then we also found some handbags, so we´re both very happy.

Tomorrow we are renting a car (venturing on to the other side of the road) and heading into the mountains to Villa Angostura (not named for the bitters and confusingly pronounced Bija Angostura by the locals). Then off to Uruguay, via Buenos Aires.

Lucy

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Photos

BA bus stop
A little disturbing to see a shop full of religious relics in the bus station... what was our bus trip going to hold? In fact, it was pure luxury (semi cami, which means fully reclined)

Iguazu river
This was the ecological tour, above the falls, highly recommended, especially as it is very quiet and a great way to get away from the hordes of people on the Argentinian side.

Rachael on horseback
This moment had to be recorded, as I´m not sure we´ll ever get her on a horse again. She actually rode really well, but had to take lots of drugs to manage her allergies.

In memory of the disappeared
The square in Bariloche is covered with the headscarf symbol, which represents the Mothers of the disappeared during the dirty war (1976-2001)

With shopping...
... yes, we have entered the market. Lovely handbags. We then took them to the top of a chairlift for lovely view (saved dropping them off, but did make the prospect of hiking instread of taking the chairlift less appealing)

Comments

[Jane]

loved the pics
nice one Lucy .... in a couple of hours we head off to Chamonix ...so you can picture us up the mountain and me skiing for the first time in 20 years !! bestest and big hug Jxx

[Eric]

I enjoyed your Argentina post. It reminded me of my time there. My blog is looking for travel photos, stories, accommodation reviews, and food reviews. If you have the time and have some to share, email us at [e-mail] or check us out at dirty-hippies.blogspot.com Continued fun on your travels, Eric

[YVONNE]

Photos
Great pics- they take forever to download but worth waiting for- loved the horse trek xx