Well, this is certainly a Lake District to rival the British one. Saying that, I realise I have not explored the British one and must when I return. We stayed in three separate towns in the Lake District of Argentina, the first (and most well known) is Bariloche. This is a town completely geared to tourists with virtually every shop selling either souvenirs, town-named t-shirts or chocolate. Yes, chocolate. It seems to be famous for it. There were loads of large shops selling nothing else and in every possible flavour, shape and size. Of course, coming from England, one was quite discerning when it came to sampling the fare in foreign climes, but it did compare well, and my cholate chauvenism, if one can call it that, quickly melted. In Bariloche our hostal was right on
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