oh... Bariloche
It was almost my dream really is how beautiful this town is. Set by the lake with water so clear you can see to the bottom of it about 20 meters down, this is a little bit of an exaggeration but still it was pretty cool. The first day I got there I was determined to try the Argentine special which was anything Carne (Meat) related. I went to a restaurant which was the cheapest and most amazing in town it was amazing how good the steak was. Juicy as much as you can imagine with a perfect sauce on top. To top this all of the beer was alright but very very cheap. I think the entire meal cost around ARP$35. This is such a bargain. On this night there was another guy eating alone at the bar bench. He was from the States his name is Jason, we hit it off talking about stuff and before you knew it the night was coming to an end at around mid-night this is the Argentinean way. Anyway before the end more American girls one of which was the cutiest thing i'd ever seen came up to us and started talking to us so what became of it was both of us got their telephone numbers... Ok to those of you who know me this doesn't happen to me very often when girls actually give me their number, usually it is me that asks and they usually never reply to me afterward. But I had a good feeling about this one.. :-p jason and I had plans to explore the town the morning after.
After such a cool night the night before I woke up at around 9am and started my day by waiting for Jason to arrive so we could go hiking.. At midday after waiting nearly 4 hours I gave up and went downtown to find food after which I bumped into him in the small town. He actually was trying to find where I was staying but he ended up finding the wrong place Bariloche Hotel instead of Bariloche Hostel. Anyways to cut things short we basically went around the town, got all the information we needed and did some price comparisons around town of rental car agencies for a rental car for a day. We ended up sorting everything and got the car that night after dinner. We set off the next day at 5am with Maté in hand and a Chevy Corsa started our journey around the National Park around Bariloche.
This place seriously was something else on earth. There was a different landscape every corner you turn from lush rain-forest type surroundings to desert to lakes and then finally to forests again. It just amazing the different landscapes contained in this little area.. By small area I mean around 400kms. This is the distance we covered in a day. It was probably the most beautiful I'd seen so far. Upon returning the car to the rental agency I have to say I have never seen someone check the car so throughly as this guy.. Everything from oil to the under carriage to the spare tire. It was insane how hard he was looking for a fault. Oh well then again I guess it was Argentina. Something you learn I guess.. I vowed that next time I rent a car I will be taking photos of the entire car from every angle and marking everything thats wrong with it on the rental agreement to avoid arguments later. Pretty cool really and successful,, The entire rental I think cost around ARP$300 for the entire day which is so cheap that price was including petrol which only amounted to about ARP$50.. Oh how I wish that's the price of petrol at home again...
For dinner we had Wild Boar to celebrate which was pretty cool.. The next day I went on a 24 hour bus ride to Buenos Aires the Federal Capital of Argentina and home of a person called Evita which I hadn't ever heard of before.
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