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Published: February 21st 2007
Next stop Bariloche in the lake district of Argentina. The town itself is famous for its chocolate (excellent) and St Bernard dogs (?!). We began with an awesome rafting trip on the Rio Mansur. There were one or two adventures, mostly involving C falling out the boat at appropriately dangerous moments (see photos). L also managed to shoot a rapid sans bateau which she didn't enjoy too much at the time but managed to laugh at later in the day.
On our last day, before flying back to Buenos Aires, we took a day long kayak trip on a nearby lake (see photos) and managed to brave some swimming in the freezing water. Robert went kayaking while we went rafting and vice versa. We heard from the guide that he enjoyed the kayaking but frustrated many people by insisting on being the helmsman (see photo).
We then hopped back to Buenos Aires and headed to Iguazu Falls which are amazing (see photos). The largest section of the falls, known as Garganta del Diablo, is absolutely phenomenal. We took a boat ride to the base of the waterfall in a big zodiac which involved, as you might imagine, a lot
of water filling the boat up (which was nice as it was 40 degrees or so).
The hotel was great, but the flights back were not. Our flight back to Buenos Aires was cancelled and the rescheduled for 10 hours later. We made the most of it though by finding a nearby 5 star hotel and hiding in their pool!
I have added a short video from a tango show in Buenos Aires that we went to.
L has now headed back to the UK with Robert (we think) and C is now in Brazil...
Hope all are well.
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