Blogs from Río Negro, Argentina, South America - page 85

Birthday celebrations, alcohol and memories, well, two outa three aint bad... ´fraid the memories fell by the wayside, must of gone in search of my attitude...although my attitude didn´t fall by the wayside, it was down the toilet playing with my disgraced tequila´s!! found a bastion of assorted mexican food...and...er....drank....liquid starters, liquid mains....liquid brain....drinking refreshment pouring from the skies in great abundance. On occasion, one loses his balance, and falls to the floor ...not enough sense to stay out of the rain. one tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor (repeat, repeat again, repeat some more and fade...) so all in all it was a success! those of you who have experienced my condition on birthdays will be well aware of the full range of possibilities the description ´success´could possibly entail! "But if you try sometimes you ... read more

Made it down to Bariloche through some beautiful scenery in the south of Argentina. Bariloche is located near the border of Chile on the Argentinian side of the Andes mountian range in Patagonia. The town looks a bit like Aspen with wood and stone buildings, ski stores on every corner, and big snow capped mountians in the background. The town was fairly small and located on a huge lake about 20 minutes from the main Catedral ski resort. I checked into this one hostel for the first night and just relaxed....made some pasta, met a few english and canadian girls and we rented a movie and stayed by the fire for the night (I know that sounds cheesy but it was really cold and I needed to get adjusted to the temps). Unfortunately due to a ... read more

went to El Bolson to do a little hiking. El Bolson is a nice quiet place with nice hiking in the area. one of the nice things about Argentina is that there are refugios where you can sleep and buy food and drinks. therefore, you don't have to lug around camping equipment, cooking supplies, food .... Just take a nice hike in the woods and your bed will be ready for you when you get there. i ran into Lynne, hope the spelling is right, from California at the refugio the first night. Lynne was staying in the hostel that i stayed at in bariloche. Also met mike and Be, Mike is a gringo from Red sox nation (not a GWB fan) and Be is from Austria. They met in Honduras where they were dive instructors. ... read more

Hello all, We had a good time in Valdivia, Chile. We stayed in a "haunted house". Okay, it wasn´t really haunted, but it sure looked that way from the outside. Ryan dug it from the minute he laid eyes on it. Ana´s opinion was different. To her it looked ancient from the outside and was dark and in slight disrepair inside. The house was built in 1903 and became unlevel during the huge earthquake of 1960. Ana did warm up to the place once the cat, Josefina, napped on her lap through an entire movie. Plus, the room was large and the hosts welcoming. While in Valdivia we enjoyed some local food and attractions. We tried "pichanga" for dinner one night. This dish appears on most restaurant/cafe menus. It consisted of french fries topped with chopped ... read more