I know its been awhile since the last blog, but we really haven't been doing too much blog-worthy stuff in the last ten days or so. To get you caught up since the Atacama desert(our last blog) we left San Pedro, drove straight down to Santiago for 24 hours, changed buses and took another 8 hour ride to Mendoza, Argentina. We were staying in a really relaxed hostel in the center of town where we basically just went on walks, read books in the park and watched movies. Very uneventful and totally relaxing. Mendoza was one of the nicest cities I have been in, and I am not just talking about South America, I am talking about anywhere! The streets are very clean, people are nice and highly educated, Lynz went nuts shopping in the zillion clothing stores and we both were extremely happy to see a SUBWAY sandwich shop again! Turns out in Argentina both Education (through your masters degree) and all medical services are free, not only to citizens but to foreigners alike. Kind of makes us want to move down there and get a free masters degree, or at least a free Yellow fever shot (which we paid $150 for in the states WITH insurance!)
Three days ago we jumped on another bus from Mendoza to Baraloche in Patagonia where we are now. We decided to spoil ourselves for this bus ride and paid for ¨Cama¨ class which translates to ¨bed¨...we also booked a week in advance to make sure that we had the upstairs seats against the front windshield for the 18 hour ride...it was an AWESOME decision! As soon as the sun came up we were just surrounded by crystal clear lakes and rivers, huge rock formations, clear blue skies and even a bit of wild life.
As we came into the Baraloche district, we couldn't´t help think of how much it looks like lake Tahoe in California.
This morning we woke up early and headed out for a hike since it was perfect weather outside. We had been recommended to take a bus around the lake and hike up a ski resort that is closed since its summer down here, it supposedly boast one of the best views around. Arriving at the resort we didn´t know what to expect, but lucky for us the place was a ghost town. We just started walking up the mountain until we reached snow, then we kept walking until we reached the top about two hours later. We could not believe the view, I don't think either of us had any idea what a beautiful place we were in until we could see it all in perspective from the top.
We spent a few mins taking some pictures before sliding on our butts down the snow then hiking the rest of the way down in soaking wet shoes...not so fun.
We are thinking we are going to have to change our plans and stay in this town a week or maybe even two before heading back to the cities which we had planned to do much sooner. This place just has too much to offer in the way of hiking, fishing, kayaking, biking and much more. Stay tuned and we will put up another blog soon and let you know what we end up doing!
Sean and Lyndsay
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