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San Carlos de Bariloche

sunny 18 °C
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Mart: Yeah, my travelling spirit arrived!
Today was an awesome day. We first went to the German school in Bariloche (I'm supposed to get some research done) and got some questionnaires filled and some interviews done. A really good feeling, also because the reception was very hearty.
Afterwards we went for the Circuito Chico, the little little circuit. It was roughy 30 km and took us about 4 hours - beautiful scenery, and Cris got tired quickly, not being a trained cyclist... With a lot of team spirit we made it just in time to return the bikes, for one minute.
Cris dead, Mart dead.
We missed the bus back to Bariloche.
He wouldn't stop for us off the bus stop...
We put up the thumb instead.
The second car stopped.
Big pick-up.
Lovely people.
Loads of fun and jokes in Spanish -- we were able to express everything we wanted to, zombies getting alive again.
Got lost?
Pictures might follow.

Just a quick good bad:

Good:
- hostel 1004 in the biggest building in Bariloche, with great ppl and lovely views over the lake
- roadtrip by Gol instead of Golf. back to basic.
- hiking 24 k on an Peninsula in Nahuel Huapi lake to see orange brown Arrayanes trees, meeting less humans than cows and bulls, plus redheaded woodpecker. Cristina´s "wow", "wow", "crazy", and "wow" looking at the huge trees
- our first camping outside, sleeping in the tent on the shores of Lago Espejo, the first of the 7 Lakes
- Cris wanting to improve cycling skills
- cycling until falling on Circuito "supposedly Chico"
- succeeding as a team
---with one minute to go before bike rental closes---
- getting a ride just after missing the bus home. our first hitchhiking in South America, a great ride!

Bad:
- hard grips on the rented bike´s handlebar
- no street signs
- overrated 7 lakes route, leading through averrage landscapes compared to other sceneries in the region
- overrated hippie market in El Bolsón

Posted by crismart 24.10.2008 7:24 PM Archived in Hitchhiking | Argentina

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