Blogs from Río Negro, Argentina, South America - page 7

So, we are off. Sort of. We are now in Miami and, courtesy of American Airlines being early on the flights from CMH to ORD and ORD to MIA, we have the full and total seven hour layover experience. It was made a bit easier by the lunch Marcia packed and we did some serious people watching....John said it was like being in LA again except the beautiful people here have found the color wheel to add to the always fashionable black. Oh, here is a shot of John killing time... When it started to rain here, actually a downpour with thunderstorms predicted for later tonight, John decided to burn off some energy ....... read more

Arrivés à Bariloche, nous allons tous les 4 nous installer dans un appartement. Deux amies de Yiannis viennent nous rendre visite le soir : session chicha / guitare avant d'être à court d'alcool et de continuer la soirée dans un bar du coin. Le lendemain, nous allons faire un tour dans le centre ville sous un ciel bien dégueulasse : ce n'est pas aujourd'hui que nous allons faire grand chose, mais la journée n'est malgré tout pas perdue ! Nous trouvons de superbes bonnets, plus ridicules les uns que les autres, qui nous accompagnerons jusqu'à la fin du voyage. Ce soir encore, après une bonne préchauffe à l'appart, nous allons retrouver du monde dans des bars à proximité. Réveil à nouveau un peu pâteux. La météo semble un peu plus clémente que la veille, nous décidons ... read more

Left the hotel at 11am for the airport. The flight to bariloche took 2 hours 15 mins. when we arrived it was sleeting and very cold. Arrived at the hotel and then went for a short walk. It was so cold we ended up at a chocolate place. The hot chocolate was very good!! That about all the excitement we had for the day... read more

We woke up today unfortunately not to a stunning day like yesterday but it wasnt raining and the sun was attempting to come through. I managed to negotiate with Ben that seeing as though I had to drive 10 hours yesterday, that he would get up at 9.15am and go and meet the guy dropping off our bikes and get an idea from him what route we should take, while I lay in and had a weeny bit of extra rest. He obliged like a good lil boy and I was thankful to not get up in the dark and be ready to go! He came back all excited about our bike ride today. I have to admit I did not share his excitement! I was knackered and the thought of biking up and around hills ... read more

The first thing I'll say about San Carlos Bariloche is that the sun does not rise very early. Ok, so being 21 June, today is the winter solstice and we very much made use of the additional hours of darkness. I awoke with a start when I heard Rach beside me yell “crap, we've only got 15 mins til breakfast finishes”. We'd both slept the morning away and didn't wake up until 10.15am!! At this time of year, the sun doesn't rise til about 9.30am and it was made even worse today by the gloomy overcast morning which made for excellent sleeping in conditions. So we jumped out of bed, through on some clothes that were barely adequate for breakfast, put our thongs on and trundled out to the breakfast room. Thankfully, others were also caught ... read more